Paul Clinton
AIRPORT DISTRICT -- City officials have acknowledged receiving a
request from Burbank Airport to join a lawsuit against Los Angeles.
Los Angeles is suing the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority,
alleging there is no master plan for future growth. The airport fired
back in April, filing a counter complaint that alleged expansion plans at
Los Angeles International Airport would force additional short-haul
flights to Burbank.
On Sept. 27, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs rejected
the authority's claim, but invited airport lawyers to refile. They did so
Monday.
On Oct. 16, the authority unanimously approved the move, and also
approved the request to ask Burbank to join in the suit.
Peter Kirsch, Burbank's special counsel on airport issues, said the
city received the request. The City Council must now decide whether to
commit Burbank to the litigation.
The case, initially filed in 1995, is in the pretrial phase. Los
Angeles has 30 days from Monday to respond to the authority's refiling.
