STATE OF KANSAS v. U.S.

Civ. A. No. 91-0233.

797 F.Supp. 1042 (1992)

STATE OF KANSAS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Stephan, John W. Campbell, David J. Gallo, Office of the Attorney General, Topeka, Kan., for plaintiff, State of Kan.

David J. Gallo, Law Office of David Gallo, Dallas, Tex., for all plaintiffs other than the State of Kansas.

Jay Stephens, John D. Bates, John Martin, U.S. Attorney's Office, Washington, D.C., for defendants USA, Samuel K. Skinner.

Paul Geier, Thomas Ray, Dept. of Transp., Washington, D.C., for U.S. DOT, John V. Coleman.

Mark Hansen, Johnson & Gibbs, Washington, D.C., for intervenor American Airlines.

J.E. Murdock, III, Wanda Sobiski, Nicholas Volpe, Washington, D.C., for intervenor Dallas-Fort Worth Intern. Airport Bd.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN H. PRATT, District Judge.

The case before the Court involves a constitutional challenge to a provision of the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 ("International Competition Act"), P.L. 96-192, 94 Stat. 35, 48-49 (1980), that limits airline operations at Love Field, one of the Dallas-area airports. The provision, known as the Wright Amendment, restricts to Texas or its four contiguous states commercial passenger...

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