Legal Opinion
Dial a Car, Inc. v. Transportation, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 16, 1998No. 97-7032PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG. .
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
Dial A Car, Inc. sued Transportation, Inc. and Barwood, Inc. for damages and ,an injunction, alleging that the defendants are operating taxicab services in the District of Columbia without a license from the D.C. Taxicab Commission. Because we hold that there is no implied private right of action under the statute prohibiting unlicensed taxicab operations in the District, we affirm the judgment of the district court dismissing this action.
I. Background
In 1986 the Council of the District of Columbia passed the…
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