Legal Opinion
Bonano v. East Caribbean Airline Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 22, 2004No. 03-1843PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the pointed question of whether particular regulations promulgated pursuant to the Federal Aviation Act (the FAA or the Act) create a private right of action. Because we find that recent Supreme Court precedent forecloses the implication of a private right of action here, we affirm the district court’s entry of judgment for the defendants.
We marshal only those facts necessary to understand and resolve the issue before us, extracting those facts from the second amended complaint. We urge the reader who hungers for additional background to consult the…
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