Legal Opinion
New England Legal Foundation v. Massachusetts Port Authority
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 17, 1989No. Nos. 88-1971 to 88-1973 and 88-2227PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
The single issue presented by these appeals is the validity of a new landing fee scheme enacted for Boston-Logan International Airport (“Logan”) by the Massachusetts Port Authority (“Massport”) as part of the initial step of a multi-phased Program for Airport Capacity Efficiency (“PACE”). This issue, although easily stated, is not so easily resolved.
Legislative confusion has permitted the coetaneous litigation of this controversy in both judicial and administrative forums. As was aptly put by a judge of this court in relation to other circumstance, “this…
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