CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BD.

Nos. 80-2038, 80-2053.

665 F.2d 1280 (1981)

CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, Petitioner, v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD, Respondent, Continental Airlines, Inc., Pacific Southwest Airlines, Intervenors. AIR CALIFORNIA, Petitioner, v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD, Respondent, Continental Airlines, Inc., Pacific Southwest Airlines, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norton Cutler, Detroit, Mich., with whom Howard E. O'Leary, Jr., Detroit, Mich., and Hugh R. Coffin, Newport Beach, Cal., were on the brief for petitioner, City of Newport Beach, in 80-2038.

Robert Barnett, John W. Simpson and David L. Vaughan, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for petitioner, Air California, in 80-2053.

Alan R. Demby, Atty., Civil Aeronautics Bd., Washington, D.C., with whom Sanford Litvack, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael Schopf, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Glen M. Bendixsen, Associate Gen. Counsel, J. Thomas Ezeel, Atty., Civil Aeronautics Bd., John J. Powers, III, and Andrea Limmer, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for respondent. Daniel J. Conway, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for respondent.

Lee M. Hydeman and Thomas W. McLaughlin, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor, Continental Airlines, Inc., in 80-2038 and 80-2053.

Richard D. Mathias and R. Bruce Keiner, Jr., Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor, Pacific Southwest Airlines, in 80-2038 and 80-2053.

Before MacKINNON, MIKVA and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

In March 1979 the Civil Aeronautics Board made a final grant of authority to Continental Airlines, Inc. (Continental) to expand its service at John Wayne Airport* in Orange County, California. A petition for reconsideration sought to have the Board rescind and defer an award of new authority until the Board completed an assessment of environmental consequences...

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