CITIZENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGETOWN v. F.A.A.

No. 15-1285.

896 F.3d 425 (2018)

CITIZENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGETOWN, et al., Petitioners v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION and Michael P. Huerta, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Respondents,

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 27, 2018.

Reissued July 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew G. Adams , San Francisco, CA, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Richard deC. Hinds , Don W. Crockett , Kenneth Pfaehler , and Peter L. Gray , Washington, DC.

Lane N. McFadden , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for federal respondents. With him on the brief were Jeffrey H. Wood , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and David C. Shilton , Attorney.

Before: Henderson and Tatel, Circuit Judges, and Edwards, Senior Circuit Judge.


For decades, airplanes departing from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ("National") followed a route that took them over northern Virginia and the west bank of the Potomac River. In December 2013, after studying proposed route changes and finding that they would have no significant environmental impact, the Federal...

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