Legal Opinion
Davis v. Meese
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 11, 1988No. Civ. A. 86-2467PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
VAN ARTSDALEN, Senior District Judge.
The issue in this difficult, but non-complex, litigation is whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) may preclude all insulin-dependent persons who have diabetes from being employed by the FBI in the job categories of special agent and investigative specialist. This depends upon whether such preclusion violates Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act), 29 U.S.C. §§ 791-796h (1985 & Supp.1988). Section 504 prohibits federal executive agencies from discriminating against handicapped persons solely because…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Southeastern Community College v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- School Bd. of Nassau Cty. v. ArlineSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleurSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- George Dunbar Prewitt, Jr. v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Russell Wayne Anderson v. Usair, IncCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Lyle S. Chandler and Adolphus A. Maddox, on Behalf of Themselves and Others Similarly Situated v. The City of Dallas, the City of DallasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Antonio Chiari v. City of League CityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- James Siefken v. The Village of Arlington Heights, an Illinois CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Nicholas Knapp v. Northwestern University, an Illinois Not-For-Profit Corporation, and Rick TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Dahill v. Police DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
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