AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL v. C. A. B.

Nos. 73-1214, 73-1229.

502 F.2d 453 (1974)

AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL, Petitioner, v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD, Respondent, American Airlines, Inc., et al. AIR LINE DISPATCHERS' ASSOCIATION et al., Petitioners, v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD, Respondent, American Airlines, Inc., et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Savelson, New York City, of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Donald J. Capuano, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for petitioner in No. 73-1214. Patrick C. O'Donoghue and Martin F. O'Donoghue, Jr., Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for petitioner in No. 73-1214.

William G. Mahoney, Washington, D. C., for petitioners in No. 73-1229.

Martin C. Seham, New York City, of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, pro hac vice, by special leave of court for intervenor, Allied Pilots Association and Aircraft Mechanics Benevolent Association. Richard Hibey and James P. Davenport, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for intervenors Allied Pilots Assn. and Aircraft Mechanics Benevolent Assn.

Glen M. Bendixsen, Atty., C. A. B., for respondent. Richard Littell, Gen. Counsel, O. D. Ozment, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Robert L. Toomey, Acting Associate Gen. Counsel, Litigation and Research, C. A. B., and Robert B. Nicholson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief for respondent. R. Tenny Johnson, Gen. Counsel, and Warren L. Sharfman, Associate Gen. Counsel, C. A. B., at the time the record was filed, also entered appearances for respondent. Howard E. Shapiro, Atty., Dept. of Justice, also entered an appearance for respondent.

Charles A. Miller, Washington, D. C., with whom Robert N. Sayler and Eugene D. Gulland, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for intervenors trunkline carriers.

Raymond J. Rasenberger and James L. Devall, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for intervenors, Frontier Airlines, Inc., et al.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, MacKINNON, Circuit Judge, and CHRISTENSEN, United States Senior District Judge for the District of Utah.


BAZELON, Chief Judge:

Petitioners, who are various groups of airline employees, challenge the CAB's approval of the airlines' Mutual Aid Pact, as amended. They contend that the Pact, as approved violates the national labor policy, the Railway Labor Act (RLA) and the antitrust laws; and that there is no substantial evidence to support the CAB's finding that the Pact is not adverse to the public interest.

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Created in 1958 by six airlines, the Mutual...

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