Legal Opinion
British Airways Board v. Port Authority of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 14, 1977No. 1403, Docket 77-7237PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:
Fifty years ago — almost to the day from the argument in this case — Charles Lindbergh traversed the Atlantic to Paris aboard the Spirit of St. Louis in an astonishing 33V2 hours, an achievement that was hailed around the world. Today, as the result of an expensive joint venture, France and Britain offer a return voyage of only one-tenth that duration. Unfortunately, instead of engendering closer ties, the Ango-French Concorde has thrown traditionally staunch allies into legal warfare over the future of supersonic aviation. As in so many cases in which a…
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3Cited by17 opinions
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