SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS v. DOLE

No. 86-1620.

817 F.2d 119 (1987)

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS, Petitioner, v. Elizabeth H. DOLE, Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Whalen, with whom Moffett B. Roller, Robert P. Silverberg, and Quentin Crommelin, Jr., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for petitioner.

Kenneth N. Weinstein, Deputy Asst. Gen. Counsel for Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Transp., with whom Thomas L. Ray, Senior Trial Atty., U.S. Dept. of Transp. and Robert B. Nicholson and David Seidman, Attys., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for respondent.

William L. Robinson, Washington, D.C., and Goler T. Butcher were on brief for amici curiae Senator Edward Kennedy, et al., urging affirmance.

Before EDWARDS, SILBERMAN and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner South African Airways ("SAA") asks this court to set aside an order issued on October 31, 1986 by the Secretary of Transportation revoking its permit to provide air service between the United States and South Africa. The order was issued pursuant to section 306(a) of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, which directed...

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