Legal Opinion
Oregon Paralyzed Veterans of America v. Regal Cinemas, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 13, 2003No. 01-35554PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1127Opinion by Judge BETTY B. FLETCHER; Dissent by Judge KLEINFELD.
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the validity of the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) interpretation of its own regulation requiring that movie theaters, pursuant to Title III of the ADA, provide comparable lines of sight for wheelchair-bound and non-wheelchair-bound moviegoers. Three individual, disabled plaintiffs and the Oregon Paralyzed Veterans of America (“OPVA”) sued two companies that own and operate movie theaters in Oregon. The theaters at issue located all wheelchair-accessible seats in the front…
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