G.S. RASMUSSEN & ASSOC. v. KALITTA FLYING SERVICE

No. 90-56010.

958 F.2d 896 (1992)

G.S. RASMUSSEN & ASSOCIATES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KALITTA FLYING SERVICE, INC.; Connie Kalitta Services, Inc.; Conrad A. Kalitta, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Stamp, Joel Franklin, Stamp and Franklin, Pacific Grove, Cal., W. Montgomery Jones, Jones and Jones, Monterey, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert H. Morse, Galland, Kharasch, Morse & Garfinkle, P.C., Washington, D.C.; C. Darryl Cordero, Weissburg & Aronson, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before WALLACE, Chief Judge, GOODWIN and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

We shuttle back and forth between federal and state law in determining what legal protections — if any — are available to the holder of certain aircraft design permits issued by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Facts

A. The FAA is charged by Congress with promoting air safety, see 49 U.S.C.App. § 1421(a), and pursues this mission vigorously...

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