Legal Opinion

American Overseas Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided January 23, 1958No. 12579PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a mail pay case. The Civil Aeronautics Board, pursuant to Section 406 of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, 1 established the amount of compensation to be paid American Overseas Airlines, Inc., for carrying mail for the period January 1, 1946, through September 25, 1950. On this latter date American Overseas was purchased by Pan American World Airways, Inc., and ceased operations. The points presented by the petition for review before us revolve about a pilots’ strike in 1947, which grounded the company’s planes for eighteen days. Counsel for the Bureau of Air…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. SummerfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Summerfield, Postmaster General v. Civil Aeronautics Board. Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
  4. Summerfield, Postmaster General v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Lead Industries Ass'n v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  2. Williams v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
  3. City of Chicago v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
  4. Neil Jacobson v. Delta Airlines, Inc., a Georgia Corporation, and Hugh Burton, Individually and as Customer Service Supervisor of Delta AirlinesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
  5. Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967

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