Legal Opinion
Shepherd v. United States Olympic Committee
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided November 16, 2006No. Civil Action 99-cv-2077-JLK, 03-cv-1364-JLKPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS RE ATHLETE CLAIMS
KANE, Senior District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
These disability discrimination actions brought by elite Paralympic wheelchair athletes push the margins of federal disability discrimination laws as applied to the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Congress’ enactment of our system of international amateur athletic competition. Civil Action No. 99-cv-2077-JLK, brought by wheelchair basketball Paralympian Mark Shepherd, challenges the USOC’s purported failure to provide him with the services, benefits and…
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