CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER v. CONTINENTAL AIR LINES

Civ. A. No. 88-M-1391.

712 F.Supp. 834 (1989)

The CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, a municipal corporation of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff, v. CONTINENTAL AIR LINES, INC. a Delaware corporation, and United Air Lines, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

May 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Lawrence Theis, Bobbie J. Musgrave, Walters & Theis, Stephen H. Kaplan, Patricia L. Wells, City Attorney's Office, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff.

Frances A. Koncilja, Peter C. Forbes, Morrison & Foerster, Denver, Colo., Harold J. McElhinny, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Continental.

Andrew Petrie, Erich Bethke, Kirkland & Ellis, Denver, Colo., Stephen C. Neal, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for defendant United.

Ron Olson, Charles Siner, Adams Co. Atty., Brighton, Colo., Perry Rosen, Paige Emmett Reffe, Washington, D.C., for Adams County.

William G. Pharo, Asst. U.S. Atty., Denver, Colo., Sandra M. Schraibman, Merril Hirsh, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the U.S. (amicus brief).


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MATSCH, District Judge.

The plaintiff, the City and County of Denver (Denver), is the owner and operator of Stapleton International Airport (Stapleton) in Denver, Colorado. The defendants, Continental Air Lines, Inc. (Continental) and United Air Lines, Inc. (United), are commercial airlines using Stapleton for air commerce pursuant to lease agreements entered into in 1968 and set to expire in 1993. These lease agreements permit...

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