PUBLIC CITIZEN, INC. v. F.A.A.

No. 91-1509.

988 F.2d 186 (1993)

PUBLIC CITIZEN, INC., Aviation Consumer Action Project, and Families of Pan-Am 103/Lockerbie, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie A. Brueckner, with whom Patti A. Goldman and Alan B. Morrison were on the brief, for petitioners.

Robert V. Zener, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Carla J. Martin, Counsel, Federal Aviation Admin., were on the brief, for respondent.

Before MIKVA, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.

SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:

In this case, petitioners challenge rules the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") adopted pursuant to the Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 ("ASIA"), 49 U.S.C.App. § 1357(h) (1988 & Supp. II 1990), arguing that the rules, standing alone, are not detailed enough to satisfy ASIA. To the extent the FAA's defense of those rules relies on other rules withheld from...

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