Legal Opinion
Alfred Brown, William King and Willie James Mallett, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Robert R. Sibley, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1981No. 80-3127PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:
Named plaintiffs, visually impaired employees of Mississippi Industries for the Blind (MIB), brought a class action against that state agency and its officials alleging employment discrimination violative of sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (the Act), 29 U.S.C. §§ 793, 794 (Supp. Ill 1979), and the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution. The district court held that plaintiffs had no private cause of action under section 503 of the Act and ruled against plaintiffs on the merits of their individual and class…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- University of Texas v. CamenischSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. MurgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
19 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by127 opinions
- Joe Church, Gregory Jacobs, Michael Dooly, and Frank Chisom v. City of HuntsvilleCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- George Dunbar Prewitt, Jr. v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Arthur Fallick v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Nationwide Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Winer Family Trust v. QueenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007
122 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.