Legal Opinion
Rhea Dopico v. Neil E. Goldschmidt, Disabled in Action v. Neil E. Goldschmidt
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 2, 1982No. 603, Docket 81-6172PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*646NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the extent of the efforts that federal law requires of local and federal authorities in pursuing the national policy of making urban mass transportation available to the handicapped. Plaintiffs, individually and representing all wheelchair-bound handicapped persons in New York City, initiated two consolidated class actions in the District Court for the Southern District of New York against local and federal defendants, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to force defendants to comply with a variety of federal statutes and regulations that…
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