United States DC Circuit

The Department of Transportation properly determined that charging Argentine and United States airline carriers different rates was not an unreasonable discriminatory practice under section 41310(c) of the International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/08/2005
• Decided 07/08/2005
• Published 07/08/2005

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and HENDERSON and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John N. Romans argued the cause for petitioner.   With him on the briefs were Alexander C. Vincent and Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr., Carl B. Nelson, Jr., David E. Short, and Jeffrey A. Manley were on the brief for intervenor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dale C. Andrews, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation, argued the cause for respondent.   With him on the brief were Robert H. Pate, III, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Robert B. Nicholson and Steven J. Mintz, Attorneys, Jeffrey A. Rosen, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation, Paul M. Geier, Assistant General Counsel, and Thomas L. Ray.