TOWN OF ISLIP v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC.

No. 886, Docket 85-9071.

793 F.2d 79 (1986)

TOWN OF ISLIP, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C. (Richard P. Taylor, Howard H. Stahl, Linda C. Kauskay, Washington, D.C., of counsel), Guy W. Germano, Islip Town Atty., Islip, N.Y., for plaintiff-appellee.

Gallagher & Sullivan, Mineola, N.Y., for defendant-appellant.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and LUMBARD and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Eastern Air Lines, Inc. appeals from the entry of a judgment of civil contempt in the Eastern District, Leonard D. Wexler, J., based on Eastern's alleged willful noncompliance with a permanent injunction that Judge Wexler issued in favor of the plaintiff, the Town of Islip. The permanent injunction required Eastern to discontinue two of its six daily flights out of Islip's MacArthur Airport. Judge Wexler issued his oral ruling on November 5...

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