Legal Opinion
Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 23, 1982No. Nos. 82-1547, 82-1548 and 82-1552PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court per curiam.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.
2Per curiam
These three consolidated cases arise from the award by the Civil Aeronautics Board *259(CAB or Board), in an extremely short timeframe, of interim authority to operate international routes abandoned by Braniff1 when it sought reorganization in bankruptcy on May 13, 1982. Petitioners Pan Am, Delta, and TWA challenge the CAB’s decision to award Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)London authority to American. Pan Am alone challenges the award of Central Zone-Venezuela authority to Continental.2 The decision falls far short of the…
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