Legal Opinion

City of Los Angeles v. United States Department of Transportation

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided February 5, 1999No. 98-1071PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

The City of Los Angeles increased the landing fees at Los Angeles International Airport, and the airlines challenged those fees as unreasonable before the Department of Transportation. The DOT set aside the increased fees, reasoning that the City’s attempt to recoup its “opportunity costs” through the fees was impermissible as a matter of statute. In City of Los Angeles v. DOT, 103 F.3d 1027 (D.C.Cir.1997), we rejected that statutory interpretation and remanded for the DOT to consider the opportunity cost issue as…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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  4. Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944

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3Cited by38 opinions

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