Legal Opinion
Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District v. Delta Airlines, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 19, 1972No. 70-99PublishedCited by 227 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
The question is whether a charge by a State or municipality of $1 per commercial airline passenger to help defray the costs of airport construction and maintenance violates the Federal Constitution. Our answer is that, as imposed in these two cases, the charge does not violate the Federal Constitution.
No. 70-99. Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District was created by the Indiana Legislature to operate Dress Memorial Airport in Evansville, Indiana. Under its authority to enact ordinances adopting rates and charges to be collected from users of the airport facilities and services, the…
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