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Occhiuzzo v. City of Westfield, Massachusetts No. 16-21-02
Pages 8-12

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... granted exclusive rights to Rectrix and subsequently Ross Aviation when it allowed Rectrix to absorb the Five Star Jet Center in November 2014. (Director's Determination, p.
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... Mr. Occhiuzzo had reasonable access to the airport at all pertinent times via a month-to-month T-hangar rental arrangement and neither the City nor Ross Aviation adopted unjustly discriminatory conditions as a method to limit airport access to Mr.
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... Occhiuzzo to a Different Thangar Against His Wishes Mr. Occhiuzzo claimed that Ross Aviation forcibly relocated him to another T-hangar on the airport in favor of a flight school and this relocation violated Grant Assurance 23, Exclusive Rights.
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... The exclusive rights prohibition applies to both commercial entities engaging in providing aeronautical services and individual aeronautical users of the airport .… Relocating Mr. Occhiuzzo to another T-hangar space to accommodate a commercial flight school does not result in the flight school being granted an exclusive right to the airport to Mr.
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... An exclusive rights violation is the denial by the airport sponsor to afford other qualified parties an opportunity to be an on airport aeronautical service provider," the Director wrote, citing FAA Advisory Circular 150/5190-6, "Exclusive Rights at Federally Obligated Airports." (Director's Determination, pp.
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