Paralyzed Veterans of America v. Civil Aeronautics Board

In Paralyzed Veterans of America v. Civil Aeronautics Board, 752 F.2d 694 (1985), this court held that § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 applies to all commercial airlines, regardless of whether they receive direct federal subsidies. The court accordingly vacated the Civil Aeronautics Board’s (CAB’s) decision to apply its final rule implementing § 504 only to air carriers that receive subsidies under § 406(b) or § 419 of the Federal Aviation Act. In addition, this court remanded the rule to CAB’s successor agency, the Department of Transportation (DOT), with orders to redraft the rule…