SANTA MONICA AIRPORT ASS'N v. CITY OF SANTA MONICA

Nos. 79-3550, 79-3589 and 79-3590.

659 F.2d 100 (1981)

SANTA MONICA AIRPORT ASSOCIATION, a California Corporation, National Business Aircraft Association, Inc., a New York not-for-profit corporation, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, a District of Columbia nonprofit corporation, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. CITY OF SANTA MONICA, a municipal corporation; Perry Scott; Donna Swink; John Bambrick; Christine Reed; Pieter Van Den Steenhoven; Ruth Yannatta; and William Jennings, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1981.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing September 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Cleaves, Marina Del Rey, Cal., for Santa Monica Airport Ass'n.

Joseph A. Wheelock, Jr., Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, Cal., Judith Richards Hope, Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D.C., for Nat. Business Aircraft Ass'n and General Aviation Manufacturers Ass'n.

Peter P. Steenland, Washington, D.C., for U.S.A.

Stanley E. Remelmeyer, Torrance, Cal., for City of Torrance.

Richard L. Knickerbocker, Jones, Knickerbocker & Fuller, Beverly Hills, Cal., Shane Stark, Santa Monica, Cal., for City of Santa Monica.

Sylvia Cano, Los Angeles, Cal., for State of Cal.

Before CHAMBERS and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and MURPHY, District Judge.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc September 23, 1981.

AMENDED OPINION

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge

A coalition of airport users challenged the City of Santa Monica's airport noise reduction ordinances in the district court. They appeal from the resulting judgment which denied most of the relief they were seeking.

After an increase in the use of jet aircraft and helicopters, the City of Santa Monica enacted several ordinances...

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