SANTA MONICA AIRPORT ASS'N v. CITY OF SANTA MONICA

No. CV 77-2852-IH.

481 F.Supp. 927 (1979)

SANTA MONICA AIRPORT ASSOCIATION, a California non-profit corporation, Plaintiff, and National Business Aircraft Association, a New York not-for-profit corporation, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, a District of Columbia non-profit corporation, Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. CITY OF SANTA MONICA, a municipal corporation, Perry Scott, Nathaniel Trives, Donna Swink, Seymour Cohen, John J. Brambrick, Christine Reed, and Pieter Van Den Steenhoven, Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

September 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Cleaves, Marina Del Rey, Cal., for plaintiff.

Judith Richards Hope (argued), Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D. C., Joseph A. Wheelock, Jr., Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, Cal., Stanley J. Green for Gen. Aviation Mfrs. Assn., Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-intervenors.

Richard L. Knickerbocker, City Atty., Gene E. Penn, Santa Monica, Cal., for City of Santa Monica.

Sylvia O. Cano (argued), Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for People of the State of California amicus curiae.

Gene E. Penn, Santa Monica, Cal. (argued), for Sierra Club amicus curiae.

Leland C. Dolley, Los Angeles, Cal., for City of El Segundo and City of Lomita amici curiae.

Raymond M. Larizza (argued), Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States amicus curiae.

Leonard A. Ceruzzi (argued), Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D. C., for the Federal Aviation Administration amicus curiae.


OPINION

Introduction

IRVING HILL, Chief Judge.

The material which appears hereafter under the heading "Oral Opinion" was delivered

[481 F.Supp. 930]
orally from the bench as the final decision of the instant case. Having been so delivered, the Oral Opinion does not purport to be a full and comprehensive discussion of all the applicable law bearing on the issues presented. The Oral Opinion is submitted for publication...

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