Legal Opinion

Boca Airport, Inc. v. Federal Aviation Administration

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided November 16, 2004No. 19-5199PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARLAND, Circuit Judge:

The question in this case is whether the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has unlawfully failed to enforce rights that the petitioner contends arise from the 19th Amendment — not the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, but the nineteenth amendment to a contract between the petitioner and the Boca Raton Airport Authority. Because that contractual amendment guarantees no federal rights to the petitioner, we deny the petition for review.

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Petitioner Boca Airport, Inc., which does business under the name Boca Aviation, is a “fixed-base operator,” or…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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  3. The City of Pompano Beach, a Florida Municipal Corporation v. Federal Aviation Administration, James C. Brettman, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  4. Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2001
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