SMW Helps Residents Reduce Orange County Airport Impacts

September 14, 1985

In 1985 the firm negotiates an innovative settlement of litigation on behalf of Stop Polluting Our Newport and the Airport Working Group, challenging the expansion of John Wayne Airport in Orange County. The settlement establishes strict limits on the number of commercial flights, aircraft noise levels, and terminal size at John Wayne, considered to be the most stringent set of restrictions on airport operations in the nation.