Civil Aeronautics Board v. Frontier Airlines, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

CHILSON, Senior District Judge.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

The plaintiff (Board) asserts an unlimited right of access to all minutes of meetings of the defendant’s Board of Directors and its Executive and Audit Committees from March 31, 1977, through March 31, 1978, and made demand upon the defendant to produce the minutes for the Board’s inspection.

Defendant (Frontier) refused the demand unless and until the CAB stated the purpose for the demand and limited its demand to those portions of the minutes which were reasonably definite and relevant to a proper investigative purpose.

This…