ALLEGHENY AIRLINES v. VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST

Civ. A. No. 12680/1952.

132 F.Supp. 871 (1955)

ALLEGHENY AIRLINES, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Aeronautics Board and Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, Intervenors, v. VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

June 27, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fowler Hamilton, New York City, Watt H. Denison, Jr., Andre W. G. Newburg, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiffs Allegheny Airlines, Inc., et al.

Sidney Goldstein, New York City, Nathaniel Fensterstock, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff Port of New York Authority.

Samuel J. Cohen, New York City, Henry Weiss, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiffs Air Line Pilots Ass'n International et al.

Leonard P. Moore, U. S. Atty. for Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N. Y., Robert P. Doyle, General Counsel, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Washington, D. C., S. W. Bobskill, Regional Atty., New York City, Emory T. Nunneley, Jr., General Counsel, Civil Aeronautics Board, Washington, D. C., Gerald F. White, Chief, Litigation Division, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Raleigh, N. C., H. Grady Gatlin, Jr., Attorney, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Washington, D. C., Arthur D. Hickerson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel, for intervenors.

James L. Highsaw, Jr., Gerald F. Krassa, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

James G. Moore, Garden City, N. Y., for defendant Village of Cedarhurst.

Emerson A. Swartz, Garden City, N. Y., for individual defendants.

Max M. Lome, Laurelton, N. Y., for Laurelton Civic Ass'n, Central Queens Allied Civic Council, Inc., Queens Committee for Aviation Reforms, Inc., amici curiae.

Jacob Javits, Atty. Gen. of State of New York, for petitioners.

William Alpert, Asst. Atty. Gen., amicus curiae.

Madeline C. Dinu, Detroit, Mich., for National Ass'n of State Aviation Officials, amicus curiae.

Leander I. Shelley, New York City, for Airport Operators Council, amicus curiae.

John T. Clancy, Long Island City, N. Y., for Chamber of Commerce of Borough of Queens, amicus curiae.


BRUCHHAUSEN, District Judge.

The action involves the constitutionality of an ordinance, prohibiting air flights over the Village of Cedarhurst, below 1,000 feet. It does not affect the rights of property owners.

The action was tried without a jury, following an order striking out the defendants' demand for a jury trial. D.C., 15 F.R.D. 490.

The plaintiffs, comprising ten Airline Companies, The Port of New York Authority, The Air Line Pilots Association...

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