Legal Opinion
Rhode Island Handicapped Action Committee v. Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 29, 1983No. 82-1771PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
The named plaintiffs in this class action are three handicapped persons and two advocacy groups for the handicapped. They represent a class of “[a]ll mobility handicapped individuals in Rhode Island who are or will be denied access to the buses owned or scheduled to be purchased by the defendant RIPTA [Rhode Island Public Transit Authority].”
Suit was instituted in the district court against RIPTA and other state and federal defendants under 49 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq. (the Urban Mass Transportation Act); 29 U.S.C. § 794 (the Rehabilitation Act); the fifth and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Southeastern Community College v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miener v. State Of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Rhea Dopico v. Neil E. Goldschmidt, Disabled in Action v. Neil E. GoldschmidtCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Pushkin v. Regents of the University of ColoradoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Bento v. ITO Corp. of Rhode IslandDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1984
- Americans Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation (Adapt) Disabled in Action of Pennsylvania the Coalition of Active Disabled of Chester County the Chicago Council for Disability Rights the Maryland Alliance of Advocates With the Handicapped the Wisconsin Disability Coalition Tulsans for Accessible Public Transit the North Carolina Alliance of Disabled the Maine Association of Handicapped Persons Adapt of Cleveland the Coalition of Texans With Disabilities Adapt-West on Behalf of Their Members and Joyce Brock Michael Landwehr Susan Deis Stephanie Cris Matthews Walter S. Place Stephen Margolis Wendy Elliott-Vandivier v. Samuel K. Skinner, Secretary of Transportation. (Two Cases) Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, Inc., and James J. Peters v. Samuel K. Skinner, Secretary of Transportation, in No. 88-1139. Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, Inc., and James J. Peters v. Samuel K. Skinner, Secretary of Transportation. (Two Cases) Appeal of Americans Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation (Adapt), in No. 88-1177. Americans Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation (Adapt) Disabled in Action of Pennsylvania the Coalition of Active Disabled of Chester County the Chicago Council for Disability Rights the Maryland Alliance of Advocates With the Handicapped the Wisconsin Disability Coalition Tulsans for Accessible Public Transit the North Carolina Alliance of Disabled the Maine Association of Handicapped Persons Adapt of Cleveland the Coalition of Texans With Disabilities Adapt-West on Behalf of Their Members and Joyce Brock Michael Landwehr Susan Deis Stephanie Cris Matthews Walter S. Place Stephen Margolis Wendy Elliott-Vandivier v. Samuel K. Skinner, in His Capacity as Secretary of Transportation. Appeal of Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association of Pennsylvania, Inc. ("Epva") and James J. PetersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Ass'n v. City of CamdenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
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