Legal Opinion
Sea Air Shuttle Corp. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 24, 1997No. 96-1865PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellant Sea Air Shuttle Corp. (“Sea Air”) filed this damages action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346, 2671-2180, claiming that it was unlawfully deprived of the right to use seaplane ramps in the Virgin Islands and that the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) failure to enforce the law makes it responsible for the company’s resulting economic hardship. The district court dismissed Sea Air’s complaint on the ground that the Federal Aviation Act (FA Act) provides federal courts of appeals with exclusive…
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