Ella Fitzgerald, John Lewis, Georgiana Henry and Norman Granz v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.

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• action for damages implied from anti-discrimination provision of Civil Aeronautics Act although express remedies were complaint to CAB and criminal sanctions
• action for damages implied from anti-discrimination provision of Civil Aeronautics Act although express remedies were complaint to CAB and criminal sanctions
• private remedy for passenger racially discriminated against in violation of section 404(b) of the Civil Aeronautics Act
• private remedy for passenger racially discriminated against in violation of section 404(b) of the Civil Aeronautics Act
• Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 creates implied right of action for racial discrimination by common air carrier
• not allowing injunctive relief to private litigant in 404(b) case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).