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· 1/27/1975

Local 542, International Union of Operating Engineers v. Higginbotham

Citations

  • 420 U.S. 908
  • 95 S. Ct. 826

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  • explaining that “when a statute imposes a duty without an ‘unmistakable focus’ on the benefitted class, the courts are reluctant to infer a remedy”

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