Legal Opinion
State of Kansas v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 30, 1992No. Civ. A. 91-0233PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN H. PRATT, District Judge.
The case before the Court involves a constitutional challenge to a provision of the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 (“International Competition Act”), P.L. 96-192, 94 Stat. 35, 48-49 (1980), that limits airline operations at Love Field, one of the Dallas-area airports. The provision, known as the Wright Amendment, restricts to Texas or its four contiguous states commercial passenger air traffic departing from or arriving at Love Field. All parties have filed motions for summary judgment. Because we find that the Wright…
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