Legal Opinion

Disabled in Action v. Bd. of Elections in the City of New York, et

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 14, 2014No. 12-4412-cvPublishedCited by 75 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHIN, Circuit Judge:

The Board of Elections in the City of New York (the “BOE”) is responsible for identifying and designating poll sites that are accessible to voters with disabilities in New York City. In this case, plaintiffs-appellees, non-profit organizations representing people with mobility or vision disabilities (collectively “plaintiffs”), allege that BOE is failing to provide them with meaningful access to its voting program, in violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (the “Rehabilitation Act”), 29 U.S.C. § 794(a), and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Alexander v. ChoateSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public SchoolsSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  5. Tennessee v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

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3Cited by75 opinions

  1. Wright v. New York State Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2016
  2. National Federation of the Blind v. Linda LamoneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2016
  3. Valenti v. LawsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
  4. Bernstein v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2015
  5. Hulett v. City of SyracuseDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 2017

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