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American Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided July 19, 1956No. Nos. 13044, 13045, 13048, 13052, 13054, 13061, 13063, 13064, 13068, 13116-13118, 13120, 13121PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

These are petitions to review an order of the Civil Aeronautics Board.1 This order is the latest in a long series dealing with the problem of the non-scheduled or irregular air carriers. Petitioners are the certificated air carriers and certain railroads. The intervenors in behalf of the respondent are associations of irregular carriers. The respondent, of course, is the Civil Aeronautics Board. It is unnecessary to recite here the background of the present controversy. It appears in its various stages in a long line of cases before this court and before the Board.2

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
  2. Air Transport Associates, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
  3. American Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
  4. New England Air Express, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
  5. American Air Transport, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Alphonzo Edwards v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
  2. Kodiak Airways, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Wien Consolidated Airlines, Inc., Western Air Lines, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
  3. Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Seaboard and Western Airlines, Inc., Intervenor. Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Seaboard and Western Airlines, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
  4. American Airlines, Inc., National Airlines, Inc., Intervenor v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Capitol Airways, Inc., Quaker City Airways, Inc., Aircoach Transport Association, and Independent Military Air Transport Association, Intervenors. Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, United Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Continental Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Northwest Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Allegheny Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Capital Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Braniff Airways, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Pacific Northern Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Abilene & Southern Railway Company v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
  5. Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958

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