Legal Opinion
Indianapolis Airport Authority v. American Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 10, 1984No. 82-2774PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority appeals from a decision invalidating the user fees that it imposes on airlines; the appellees are six airlines that among them carry more than 90 percent of the passengers who use the Indianapolis International Airport. The 15-year leases under which each of the airlines operated expired on August 31, 1980, and because the parties had been unable to agree on terms for new leases, the airport authority — a local governmental body established pursuant to the Indiana Airport Authorities Act, Ind.Code §§ 8-22-3-1 et seq. — enacted an…
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