Legal Opinion
Legend Airlines, Inc. v. City of Fort Worth
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 25, 2000No. 2-99-098-CVPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOHN CAYCE, Chief Justice.
The issues we decide in this appeal are 1) whether enforcement of restrictions on air passenger service at Love Field Airport contained in a 1968 Bond Ordinance between the City of Fort Worth and the City of Dallas are preempted by the Airline Deregulation Act, and 2) whether the air passenger service proposed by Legend Airlines, Inc., Continental Airlines, Inc., and Continental Express, Inc. is within the “commuter airlines” exceptions to the Wright and Shelby Amendments.1 Because we conclude that the restrictions in the Bond Ordinance are preempted by the…
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