Legal Opinion
Hechinger v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 27, 1994No. 94-7036PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority operates the Washington National and Dulles International Airports under lease from the Federal Government and is required by statute to submit certain actions to a Board of Review before they may take effect. As originally enacted, the statute stipulated that the Board be composed entirely of Members of Congress and gave it the power to veto the Authority’s actions. In 1991, the Supreme Court held that the Board was an agent of Congress and that it exercised federal…
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