• Southwest Airlines Co. v. Transportation Security Administration

    Publication Date: 2009-02-11
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-03
    Court: DC Cir.
    Judge: Williams, Senior Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for petitioners: M. Roy Goldberg, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: Attorney for respondent: Jeffrey Clair, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 07-1279 Consolidated with Nos. 07-1280, 07-1281, 07-1282, 07-1283, 07-1284, 07-1285, 07-1286, 07-1287, 07-1288, 07-1289, 07-1290, 07-1291, 07-1292, 07-1293, 07-1294, 07-1296, 07-1297, 07-1298, 07-1323, 07-1338 & 07-1347

    Argued November 6, 2008Before: GARLAND and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.Before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, commercial airlines exercised responsibil