BRITISH AIRWAYS BOARD and Compagnie Nationale Air France, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
The PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK and New Jersey, William J. Ronan, W. Paul Stillman, James G. Hellmuth, Victor R. Yanitelly, Milton A. Gilbert, James C. Kellogg, III, Alan Sagner, Joseph F. Cullman, III, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 1, 1977.
Decided June 14, 1977.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Patrick J. Falvey, Gen. Counsel, The Port Authority of N.Y., and N.J., New York City (Joseph Lesser, Isobel Muirhead, Arthur Berg, Vigdor D. Bernstein, Benjamin R. DeCosta, Sholem Friedman, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.
Peter J. Nickles, Washington, D. C. (William C. Clarke, New York City, William H. Allen, John M. Clear and Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee British Airways.
Stanley Godofsky, New York City (John A. Wells, Stephen R. Froling, Timothy R. Cappel and Rogers & Wells, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee Air France.
Geoffrey M. Kalmus, New York City (Charlotte M. Fischman and Nickerson, Kramer, Lowenstein, Nessen, Kamin & Soll, New York City, and John F. Hellegers, Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., Washington, D. C., of counsel), for amici curiae Friends of the Earth, Inc., Metro Suburban Aircraft Noise Ass'n, Inc., Howard Beach Ass'n, Inc., The Hudson River Valley Council, The Emergency Coalition to Stop the SST, Joseph R. Lewis and Carol Berman.
James R. Moorman, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C. (Edmund B. Clark and Peter R. Steenland, Jr., Washington, D. C., of counsel), filed a brief for the U. S., amicus curiae.
Henry L. Diamond, Washington, D. C. (Beveridge, Fairbanks & Diamond, Washington, D. C., of counsel), filed a brief for Government of the United Kingdom, amicus curiae.
Charles G. Goodell, Washington, D. C. (Hydeman, Mason & Goodell, Washington, D. C., of counsel), filed a brief for Government of France, amicus curiae.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of State of N.Y., New York City (Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Philip Weinberg, John F. Shea, III, New York City, of counsel), filed a brief for State of N.Y., amicus curiae.
Evelle J. Younger, Atty. Gen. of State of Cal., Sacramento, Cal. (Larry C. King, Deputy Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., of counsel), filed a brief for State of Cal., amicus curiae.
William D. Denson, New York City, filed a brief for amici curiae Town of Hempstead, Village of Lawrence, Village of Cedarhurst, Village of Atlantic Beach, Robert F. Check, Mona Gottesman and Herbert Warshavsky.
Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, and MANSFIELD and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:
Fifty years ago — almost to the day from the argument in this case — Charles Lindbergh traversed the Atlantic to Paris aboard the Spirit of St. Louis in an astonishing 33 1/2 hours, an achievement that was hailed around the world. Today, as the result of an expensive joint venture, France and Britain offer a return voyage of only one-tenth that duration. Unfortunately, instead of engendering closer ties, the Ango...
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