WALKER FIELD, COLO., PUBLIC AIRPORT v. ADAMS

No. 77-1586.

606 F.2d 290 (1979)

WALKER FIELD, COLORADO, PUBLIC AIRPORT AUTHORITY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hon. Brock ADAMS, as Secretary of Transportation of the United States Department of Transportation, Dr. John McLucas, as Administrator of Federal Aviation Administration, M. M. Martin, as Director, Rocky Mountain Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Edward G. Tatum, as Chief, Denver Airport District Office, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Spelman, Grand Junction, Colo., for plaintiff-appellant.

C. Scott Crabtree, Asst. U. S. Atty., Denver, Colo. (Joseph F. Dolan, U. S. Atty., Denver, Colo., on brief), for defendants-appellees.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., David W. Robbins, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen. and David E. Engdahl, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, Colo., on brief for the State of Colorado as amicus curiae.

Before HOLLOWAY, DOYLE and McKAY, Circuit Judges.


HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Walker Field Public Airport Authority ("Walker Field") brings this appeal from a dismissal of its suit against the Secretary of Transportation and others. The suit challenged the lawfulness of defendants' actions in seeking to require the County of Mesa and the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, to join the Walker Field Authority in assuming obligations for improvement of Walker Field airport for which the Federal Government...

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