approach area
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 369 U.S. 84 - Griggs v. County of Allegheny Pennsylvania · 1962Most cited · 791 citing opinions
The glide path for the northeast runway is as necessary for the operation of the airport as is a surface right of way for operation of a bridge, or as is the land for the operation of a dam. Without the 'approach areas,' an airport is indeed not operable.
How often courts cite the case defining “approach area”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “approach area” — 791 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.