UNITED AIR LINES v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD

No. 8979.

155 F.2d 169 (1946)

UNITED AIR LINES, Inc., v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided April 22, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Paul M. Godehn, of Chicago, Ill., with whom Mr. Stanley T. Wallbank, of Denver, Colo., was on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. James Francis Reilly, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for petitioner.

Mr. John H. Wanner, Assistant General Counsel, Civil Aeronautics Board, and member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Mr. George C. Neal, General Counsel, both of Washington, D. C., and Mr. Russell S. Bernhard, Senior Attorney, Civil Aeronautics Board, of Chicago, Ill., were on the brief, for respondent Civil Aeronautics Board. Mr. Wendell Berge, Assistant Attorney General, and Mr. Edward Dumbauld, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, also were on the brief for respondent Civil Aeronautics Board.

Mr. Hugh W. Darling, of Los Angeles, Cal., for respondent Western Air Lines, Inc.

Mr. James K. Crimmins, of New York City, with whom Mr. William J. Harnisch, of New York City, was on the brief, for respondent Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice and CLARK and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.


PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

This case is here upon a petition to review orders of the Civil Aeronautics Board.1 In 1943 Government authorities proposed to establish a new air route between Denver, Colorado, and Los Angeles, California, via Las Vegas, Nevada, Cedar City, Utah, and Grand Junction, Colorado. Four carriers applied for certificates of public convenience and necessity authorizing them to operate over the new route. The applications...

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