CITIZENS FOR ABATEMENT OF NOISE v. AIRPORTS AUTH.

No. 89-7182.

917 F.2d 48 (1990)

CITIZENS FOR THE ABATEMENT OF AIRCRAFT NOISE, INC., et al., Appellants, v. METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AUTHORITY, et al., Attorney General, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patti A. Goldman, with whom Alan B. Morrison was on the brief, for appellants.

William T. Coleman, Jr., with whom Donald T. Bliss, Debra A. Valentine, and Nancy E. McFadden, were on the brief, for appellees.

Douglas Letter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., were on the brief, for intervenor.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, and MIKVA and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise challenge the constitutionality of certain conditions attached by Congress to the transfer of two federally owned and operated airports to a regional airport authority created by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia....

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