SMITHDEAL v. AMERICAN AIR LINES

No. 3090.

80 F.Supp. 233 (1948)

SMITHDEAL v. AMERICAN AIR LINES, Inc.

United States District Court N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

October 13, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. M. Smithdeal, of Dallas, Tex., in pro. per.

Raymond Buck, of Fort Worth, Tex., for American Air Lines, Inc.

H. P. Kucera, City Atty., of Dallas, Tex., for City of Dallas, intervenor.

Wm. P. Fonville, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Dallas, amicus curiae for the United States.

Emory T. Nunneley, Jr., John H. Wanner, Oliver Carter, and Robt. Burstein, all of Washington, D. C., for Civil Aeronautics Board.


ATWELL, Chief Judge.

The suit must be dismissed, not because of want of jurisdiction, as urged by the defendant, nor because of laches, nor because of the balancing of equities, but because the plaintiff's proof does not preponderate.

First.

The plea to the jurisdiction is overruled because there is nothing in the Aviation Act, either state or national, which requires the citizen to first seek any specified administrative remedy, before appealing...

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