EASTERN AIR LINES v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD

No. 13323.

243 F.2d 607 (1956)

EASTERN AIR LINES, Inc., Petitioner, v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD, Respondent, Capital Airlines, Inc., Delta Air Lines, Inc., United Air Lines, Inc., Northwest Airlines, Inc., National Airlines, Inc., Trans World Airlines, Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1956.

As Amended on Petition for Rehearing and Motion for Reconsideration Denied February 28, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harold L. Russell, Atlanta, Ga., with whom Messrs. W. Glen Harlan and Terry P. McKenna, Atlanta, Ga., were on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. E. Smythe Gambrell, Atlanta, Ga., also entered an appearance for petitioner.

Mr. Robert L. Park, Attorney, Civil Aeronautics Board, with whom Mr. Franklin M. Stone, General Counsel, Civil Aeronautics Board, Mr. John H. Wanner, Associate General Counsel, Civil Aeronautics Board, Mr. O. D. Ozment, Chief, Litigation and Research Division, Civil Aeronautics Board, and Mr. Daniel M. Friedman, Attorney, Department of Justice, were on the brief, for respondent.

Messrs. Robert B. Hankins and Macon M. Arthur, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for intervenor Capital Airlines, Inc.

Mr. James W. Callison, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for intervenor Delta Air Lines, Inc. Messrs. L. Welch Pogue and George C. Neal, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for intervenor Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Mr. James Francis Reilly, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for intervenor United Air Lines, Inc.

Messrs. C. Edward Leasure and Herman F. Scheurer, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for intervenor Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Messrs. Richard A. Fitzgerald and Clayton L. Burwell, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for intervenor National Airlines, Inc.

Mr. James K. Crimmins, New York City, was on the brief for intervenor Trans World Airlines, Inc. Mr. William Caverly, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for intervenor Trans World Airlines, Inc.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and PRETTYMAN and FAHY, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition to review orders of the Civil Aeronautics Board. Eastern Air Lines, Inc., is the holder of certificates for air routes known as Route 6, which, generally speaking, extends from Miami north to Boston and northwest to Detroit, Route 10 extending from Miami northwest via Nashville to Chicago, and Route 47 from Washington west to St. Louis. In 1946 it applied for an extension of Route 6 so as to serve points between Washington...

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