Legal Opinion
The CARROLL AIRPORT COMMISSION, Appellee, v. Loren W. DANNER and Pan Danner, Appellants.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 10, 2019No. 17-1458PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Justice.
In this appeal, we must determine the legal effect of a "no hazard" letter issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to a farmer who built a twelve-story grain leg (bucket elevator) near an airport. The structure intrudes sixty feet into airspace restricted for aviation. Construction was well underway when a member of the local airport commission cried foul. The airport commission informed the farmer he needed a variance and refused to grant one, without waiting for input from federal officials. Shortly thereafter, the FAA investigated and granted a no-hazard…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Crosby v. National Foreign Trade CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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