indicating that “the constitutional context, the statutory text, and the legislative history . . . demonstrate that the [EIGA] does not create a cause of action”
How later courts described this case
- indicating that “the constitutional context, the statutory text, and the legislative history . . . demonstrate that the [EIGA] does not create a cause of action”
- “[T]he Act establishes no mechanism for considering citizen complaints ... [T]he text contains nothing that even suggests a private cause of action.”
- “[T]he Ethics in Government Act creates no private right of action to compel the Attorney General to conduct a preliminary investigation.’.’
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I concur solely in the result reached in this case. On the facts before us, it seems clear to me that the judgment in favor of plaintiffs should be reversed.