Legal Opinion
Summerfield, Postmaster General v. Civil Aeronautics Board. Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 12, 1953No. 11324_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.
These cases concern orders of the Civil Aeronautics Board which fixed the compensation of Western Air Lines for the transportation of mail from May, 1944, through December, 1948. The dispute revolves about Section 406 of the Civil Aeronautics Act.1 The proper treatment of several matters is involved.
Principally the petitions concern the treatment of the profit derived by Western from the sale to United Air Lines of a certificate for an air route and certain equipment used in connection therewith. Prior to September 15, 1947, Western owned a certificate for Route 68…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Doyle v. Mitchell Brothers Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- West Ohio Gas Co. v. Public Utilities Commission of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
3Cited by20 opinions
- Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Williams v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Public Service CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Richard A. Williams and Alfred S. Trask v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, D.C. Transit System, Inc., Intervenor. Democratic Central Committee of the District of Columbia, Leonard N. Bebchick and Daniel W. Gottlieb v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, D.C. Transit System, Inc., Intervenor. D.C. Transit System, Inc. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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