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Aaron Abadi v. Anthony Stephen Fauci, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 24-2365 · judgment July 8, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether the Air Carrier Access Act, 49 U.S.C. § 41705 — which provides that “an air carrier may not discriminate” against qualified individuals with disabilities — creates an implied private right of action, where the lower courts have uniformly held otherwise by misreading this Court’s decision in Alexander v. Sandoval, 532 U.S. 275 (2001), and disregarding Cannon v. University of Chicago, 441 U.S. 677 (1979).
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Whether it is consistent with congressional intent and constitutional principles of access to justice for courts to hold that the Air Carrier Access Act both (a) provides no private or judicial remedy and (b) preempts all state and common-law causes of action, thereby leaving individuals with no enforceable right at all.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Aaron Abadi
For respondent
Bartholomew J Banino
Condon & Forsyth LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Apr 06 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 17 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/2/2026.
- Mar 05 2026Waiver of right of respondents British Airways PLC, et al. to respond filed.
- Feb 25 2026Waiver of right of respondents American Airlines, Inc., et al. to respond filed.
- Sep 27 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 6, 2026)