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· 12/1/2011

Lopez v. Jet Blue Airways

Citations

  • 662 F.3d 593
  • 25 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 951
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 23876
  • 2011 WL 5988443

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the ACAA “does not expressly provide a right to sue the air carrier, and that right should not be implied because the statute provides an administrative enforcement scheme designed to vindicate fully the rights of disabled passengers.”
  • noting that a pro se plaintiff “is entitled to a particularly liberal reading” of his complaint
  • finding no cause of action in the Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 because, among other things, the statute “does not expressly provide any right to sue”

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Judges: Cabranes, Livingston, Chin

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