Does a violation of a federal statute and injury to some person as a result of that violation give rise to a private cause of action?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Citizens Committee to Save Land Grant Railroads v. Burlington Northern, Inc., 708 F.2d 1430 (9th Cir. 1983):

3 The district court correctly observed that the violation of a federal statute and an injury to some person as the result of that violation do not by themselves give rise to a private cause of action in favor of the injured person. Cannon v. University of Chicago, 441 U.S. 677, 688, 99 S.Ct. 1946, 1953, 60 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979). In addition, the statute in question must expressly or impliedly give rise to a private cause of action for the injured party.

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