Legal Opinion
Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. County of Kent
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 24, 1994No. 92-97PublishedCited by 207 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
Seven commercial airlines, petitioners in this case, assert that certain airport user fees charged to them are unreasonable and discriminatory, in violation of the federal Anti-Head Tax Act (AHTA), 49 U, S. C. App. § 1513, and the Commerce Clause. Because the record, as it now stands, does not warrant a judicial determination that the fees in question are unreasonable or unlawfully discriminatory, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals.
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The user fees contested in this case are charged by the Kent County International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Airport is owned by…
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