AIR TERMINAL SERVICES v. RENTZEL

Civ. No. 394.

81 F.Supp. 611 (1949)

AIR TERMINAL SERVICES, Inc. v. RENTZEL et al.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

January 3, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic J. Ball and F. Cleveland Hedrick, Jr., both of Washington, D. C., and Thomas R. Dyson, of Alexandria, Va., for plaintiff.

George R. Humrickhouse, U. S. Atty., of Richmond, Va., Melvin H. Siegel, Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C., H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., and (Edward H. Hickey, Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C.), for defendants.


BRYAN, District Judge.

The question here is whether a regulation of the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, prohibiting the maintenance of racial segregation at the Washington National Airport, is invalid as violative of a Federal criminal statute said to be adoptive of the segregation laws of Virginia, specifically, those in respect to restaurants.

The location of the Airport within the exterior boundaries of Virginia, and the exclusiveness of the Federal...

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