sentences:  It has since been determined that the shutdown of Panair do Brasil was not based on financial or technical reasons, but on other political factors, such as the military government persecution to the company's shareholders, businessmen Celso da Rocha Miranda and Mário Wallace Simonsen.The controversial decision to liquidate Panair so suddenly triggered a lengthy legal battle.On December 14, 1984, the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court acknowledged that the airline had operated within regular technical and financial parameters when it was shut down and the Federal government was sentenced to pay reparations to its former owners and/or heirs.