Opinion · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Ali v. Shabazz
8 F.3d 22
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1993-10-28
- Topic
- litigation
How later courts describe this case
- recognizing that § 242 does not provide for a private right of action and so there is no statutory basis for inferring that it could support a civil cause of action
- recognizing that neither § 241 nor § 242 provide for a private right of action and that there is no statutory basis for inferring that they could support a civil cause of action
- “In order for a private right of action to exist under a criminal statute, there must be ‘a statutory basis for inferring that a civil cause of action of some sort lay in favor of someone.’”
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