BOCA AIRPORT, INC. v. F.A.A.

No. 03-1136.

389 F.3d 185 (2004)

BOCA AIRPORT, INC., d/b/a Boca Aviation, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, Respondent. Boca Raton Airport Authority, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven S. Rosenthal argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Jeffery A. Tomasevich.

Teal Luthy Miller, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert S. Greenspan and Peter R. Maier, Attorneys.

Arthur P. Berg argued the cause for intervenor. With him on the brief were Thomas R. Devine and Kenneth W. Salinger. David T. Ralston, Jr. entered an appearance.

Before: ROGERS, TATEL, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.


GARLAND, Circuit Judge:

The question in this case is whether the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has unlawfully failed to enforce rights that the petitioner contends arise from the 19th Amendment — not the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, but the nineteenth amendment to a contract between the petitioner and the Boca Raton Airport Authority. Because that contractual amendment guarantees no federal rights to the petitioner, we deny...

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