Legal Opinion
American Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 19, 1966No. 20159PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAMM, Circuit Judge:
This ease presents essentially a question of statutory construction. It grows out of the protracted and absorbing battle over the years between the regularly scheduled airlines and the so-called “supplemental” airlines. The petitioners here comprise all but one of the domestic “trunkline” air carriers, plus Pan American World Airways. Their traditional role in air transportation has, of course, been to provide regularly scheduled air transportation service. The intervenors are “supplemental air carriers” who have also been known variously as “nonseheduled” and “large…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- United States v. International Union United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Nicholas, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Denver & R.G.W.R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Pan American World Airways, Inc., Trans World Airlines, Inc., American Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, World Airways, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- American Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Playboy Clubs International, Inc. v. Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders International UnionDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
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