In a dispute that has achieved national attention, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas ruled in favor of Delta Air Lines in a dispute over access to scarce gates at Dallas Love Field Airport. The Firm’s client, the City of Dallas, had sought direction from the federal court when Delta and the incumbent airlines at Love Field—including Southwest Airlines—disputed the nature and extent of the City’s obligation to accommodate Delta on gates that Southwest has a preferential lease. The court entered a preliminary injunction in favor of Delta, meaning that Southwest must accommodate Delta’s five flights a day. While the court made it clear that it was ruling only on the preliminary injunction, the court ruling—if finalized at the end of the litigation—could have significant and precedential implications for other airports with constrained gate capacity.