CITY OF HOUSTON and American Airlines, Inc., Petitioners,
v.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, et al., Respondents.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 9, 1982.
July 9, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert E. Cohn, Jeffrey W. Jacobs and Bruce A. Leicher, Washington, D. C., for City of Houston.
John L. Oberdorfer, Washington, D. C., for City of Birmingham.
Charles H. White, New Orleans, La., for City of New Orleans and New Orleans Aviation Bd.
Patricia Nalley Bowers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Louisiana Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, La., for State of La.
Barry S. Spector, Washington, D. C., for Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for Commonwealth of Va., her Counties of Fairfax and Loudoun and the City of Alexandria.
Lawrence J. Latto, Washington, D. C., for Virginians for Dulles.
Sharon E. Pandak, Asst. County Atty., Manassas, Va., for Prince William County.
Edward J. Finnegan, County Atty., Leesburg, Va., for Loudoun County, Va.
Peter R. Steenland, Jr., Edward Faggen, Washington, D. C., Kenneth N. Weinstein, Dept. of Transp., Anne S. Almy, James W. Moorman, Thomas L. Reisenberg, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D. C., for Federal Aviation Administration, et al.
Richard J. Fahy, Jr., Stephen L. Taylor, American Airlines, Inc., Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport, Tex., John C. Christian, New Orleans, La., for American Airlines, Inc.
Michael Goldman, Washington, D. C., for Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Bert W. Rein, Tom Kirby, Washington, D. C., for U. S. Air, Inc.
David T. Stitt, Fairfax, Va., for Fairfax County, Va.
Before BROWN, GOLDBERG and GEE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
This flight from Houston, Texas to our Nation's Capital takes us to both Dulles International and Washington National Airports. The Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., will serve as our flight plan, and the Supreme Court as air traffic control. In the course of our flight, our passengers — the City of Houston, American Airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration1
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