METROPOLITAN WASH. AIRPORTS AUTHORITY v. NOISE ABATEMENT CITIZENS

No. 90-906.

501 U.S. 252 (1991)

METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AUTHORITY ET AL. v. CITIZENS FOR THE ABATEMENT OF AIRCRAFT NOISE, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided June 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Shapiro argued the cause for the United States as respondent under this Court's Rule 12.4. With him on the briefs were Acting Solicitor General Bryson, Assistant Attorney General Gerson, Clifford M. Sloan, and Douglas Letter.

William T. Coleman, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Donald T. Bliss and Debra A. Valentine.

Patti A. Goldman argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents Citizens for Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc., et al.*


JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

An Act of Congress authorizing the transfer of operating control of two major airports from the Federal Government to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) conditioned the transfer on the creation by MWAA of a unique "Board of Review" composed of nine Members of Congress and vested with veto power over decisions made by MWAA's Board of Directors.

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