Legal Opinion
Citizens for Responsible Area Growth v. Brock Adams, Secretary of Transportation, Amca International Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 25, 1982No. 81-1602, 81-1760PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of appellant AMCA’s efforts to build a new hangar for four corporate jet planes at the Lebanon, New Hampshire, airport. The complicated procedural and substantive legal issues it raises can be resolved by focusing upon one fairly simple question: Did the district court abuse its discretion in interpreting a consent decree to prohibit AMCA from building the hangar? We conclude that it did, and that the decree must therefore be modified to allow construction — a holding that moots all other issues in the case.
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