Opinion of the Justices

ELR Citation: ELR 20344
No(s). 5860 (Mass. Jun 25, 1971)

Proposed Massachusetts act that would prohibit any SST plane not capable of limiting its noise level to 108 decibels or less from taking off and landing anywhere in the Commonwealth except in an emergency, would illegally intrude upon an area preempted by Congress. While 1968 amendments to the Feder...