Legal Opinion
William Baker v. Dean Bell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 17, 1980No. 79-2173PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Both the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Urban Mass Transportation Act declare that federally financed programs shall be available to handicapped persons. Persons handicapped to such a degree that they are confined to wheelchairs challenge the use of federal grants to the City of New Orleans for the purchase of 175 buses that they will be unable to board and use on two basically different grounds: the action of the federal agencies violates the duties imposed on them as governmental units under applicable departmental regulations, and the action of all of the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Singleton v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Cort v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Rhea Dopico v. Neil E. Goldschmidt, Disabled in Action v. Neil E. GoldschmidtCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Citro Florida, Inc., a Florida Corporation v. Citrovale, S.A., a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Shanks v. Alliedsignal, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Michael Cousins v. Secretary of the United States Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Garrity v. GallenDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1981
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