Legal Opinion
Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 2, 1961No. 15084PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Circuit Judge.
This is the second appeal involving efforts of the Civil Aeronautics Board to fix mail-pay rates for the international operations of Chicago & Southern Airline (“C & S”), subsequently merged with Delta Air Lines (“Delta”), petitioner here.
Mail rates may include a subsidy based on need, 1 as well as compensation for services performed. The purpose of the subsidy is to promote the development of air transportation to the extent required by interstate commerce, the postal service and national defense. Mail rates are usually set prospectively, on the basis of estimated…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- St. Joseph Stock Yards Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Williams v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- 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
- Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- California Ass'n of Nursing Homes Sanitaruims, Rest Homes & Homes for the Aged, Inc. v. WilliamsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
- Richard A. Williams and Alfred S. Trask v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, D.C. Transit System, Inc., Intervenor. Democratic Central Committee of the District of Columbia, Leonard N. Bebchick and Daniel W. Gottlieb v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, D.C. Transit System, Inc., Intervenor. D.C. Transit System, Inc. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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