BONANO v. EAST CARIBBEAN AIRLINE CORP.

No. 03-1843.

365 F.3d 81 (2004)

Miguel BONANO, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. EAST CARIBBEAN AIRLINE CORPORATION et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francisco Rivera Bujosa, with whom Jose R. Santiago Pereles, Santiago Pereles & Collazo, P.S.C., and Bufete Rivera Bujosa & Maldonado Aviles were on brief, for appellant.

Lisabel M. Negron Vargas, with whom Edgardo L. Rivera Rivera, and Rivera & Fernandez-Reboredo, P.S.C., were on brief, for appellees Puerto Rico Ports Authority, Hector Rivera, Herman Sulsona, and Miguel Casillas.

Ivonne Cruz Serrano, with whom Luis F. Montijo Law Offices was on brief, for remaining appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


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.

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