DIGGS v. C. A. B.

No. 73-2194.

516 F.2d 1248 (1975)

Charles Coles DIGGS et al., Petitioners, v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD, Respondent, South African Airways, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roderic V. O. Boggs, Washington, D.C., with whom Goler Teal Butcher and Vaughn C. Williams, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for petitioners.

Barbara Thorson, Atty., Civ. Aeronautics Bd., with whom Thomas J. Heye, Gen. Counsel, O. D. Ozment, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Glen M. Bendixsen, Associate Gen. Counsel, Litigation and Research, Civ. Aeronautics Bd., and Carl D. Lawson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief for respondent.

Brice M. Clagett, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for intervenor.

Before ROBINSON and ROBB, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Oregon.


Opinion Per Curiam.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioners, members of the House of Representatives and four associations who represent the interests of black Americans, appeal from an order of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), which authorized South African Airways (SAA) to serve a new route between Johannesburg, South Africa, and New York. The order was adopted under Section 402 of the Federal Aviation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1372, and approved by the President under Section...

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