SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. v. TEXAS INTERN. AIRLINES

No. 75-2539.

546 F.2d 84 (1977)

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. TEXAS AERONAUTICS COMMISSION, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Coats, Houston, Tex., George W. Bramblett, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for Texas Intern.

James W. Wilson, Joe M. Kilgore, Austin, Tex., for Continental, and others.

G. Edward Cotter, Sr., Gen. Counsel, Continental Airlines, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., for Continental Airlines, Inc.

Eugene Jericho, Dallas, Tex., Robert S. Harkey, Law Dept., Delta Airlines, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., for Delta, and others.

Jerry Prestridge, Donald S. Thomas, Austin, Tex., for Delta.

R. A. Lempert, H. Wayne Wile, Asst. Gens. Counsel, New York City, for American Airlines, Inc.

W. Glen Harlan, Eastern Airlines, Inc., New York City, for Eastern Airlines, Inc.

S. G. Johndroe, Jr., City Atty., Dept. of Law, Ft. Worth, Tex., for Cty. of Ft. Worth.

W. B. West, III, Wm. F. Carroll, Dallas, Tex., for Braniff Airways, Inc.

John L. Hauer, Clarice M. Davis, W. Michael Byrd, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for Southwest Airlines.

Herbert D. Kelleher, Gary A. Barron, San Antonio, Tex., J. David Hughes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for Tex. Aeronautics Comm.

N. Alex Bickley, City Atty., Lee E. Holt, Dallas, Tex., for City of Dallas.

Charles C. Wells, Dallas-Ft. Worth Regional Airport Bd., C. Merrill Bierfeld, Dallas, Tex., for Dallas-Ft. Worth Regional Airport Bd.

Before WISDOM and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges, and GROOMS, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 17, 1977.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Southwest Airlines Co. has returned to the federal courts for the second time in two years to preserve a 1973 judgment in a federal district court. The recurring litigation concerns Southwest's right to continue its air passenger services at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, and to avoid a forced move to the new Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport...

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