Legal Opinion
Committee of Blind Vendors of the District of Columbia v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 15, 1994No. 90-5280 and 92-5059PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
The District of Columbia (District) appeals the district court’s decision awarding the plaintiff class compensatory damages and attorney’s fees for the District’s alleged violations of the Randolph-Sheppard Act (Act), 20 U.S.C. §§ 107 et seq. The District argues that the district court was without jurisdiction because the class failed to exhaust its administrative remedies and exhaustion would not have been futile. The District also…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- McKart v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Darby v. CisnerosSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Randolph-Sheppard Vendors of America v. Caspar W. Weinberger, National Council of State Agencies for the Blind v. Caspar W. WeinbergerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by44 opinions
- John Keith Blakely and John Emmett Long v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
- Communications Workers of America Lyle Wingate v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Pension PlanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
- Udc Chairs Chapter, American Association of University Professors v. The Board of Trustees of the University of the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- Lorazepam & Clorazepate Antitrust Litigation v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2001
- United Tribe of Shawnee Indians v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
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