Regulations and Government
Amicus Brief Seeks Dismissal of Santa Monica Complaint

As the aviation world awaits U.S. District Court Judge John Walker’s ruling in a case involving the city of Santa Monica’s attempts to close Santa Monica Airport, AOPA and NBAA filed an amicus curiae (friends of the court) brief to support the FAA’s motion to dismiss the city’s complaint. The city filed its complaint in October, “maintaining the city never relinquished control over airport land when it leased the property to the [U.S.] government for use as a military airfield and manufacturing base ahead of World War II,” according to NBAA. “That condition, the city asserted, voids any subsequent agreements with the FAA requiring the city to maintain the land as a civilian airport.”

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