Legal Opinion
Piedmont Aviation, Inc. v. Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided June 26, 1975No. 21PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAKE, Justice.
The Authority was created by Chapter 168 of the Public-Local Laws of 1939. By that Act, as amended by Ch. 577 of the Session Laws of 1959, the Authority is authorized to own and operate the Raleigh-Durham Airport, to contract for the operation of “airline scheduled” flights, nonscheduled flights and other airplane activities and to charge and collect “reasonable and adequate” fees and rents for the use of its property and for services rendered in the operation thereof.
G.S. 63-1 (14) provides that such an authority is a “municipality” within the meaning of Ch. 63 of the General…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Morgan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Morgan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Board of AldermenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
- Shirk v. Lancaster CitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
- Rhodes v. City of AshevilleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Pinehurst Airlines, Inc. v. Resort Air Services, Inc.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1979
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