Legal Opinion
Lane v. Pena
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 20, 1996No. 95-365PublishedCited by 1,522 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
Section 504(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 87 Stat. 355, 29 U. S. C. § 791 et seq. (Act or Rehabilitation Act), prohibits, among other things, discrimination on the basis of disability “under any program or activity conducted by any Executive agency.” 29 U. S. C. § 794(a) (1988 ed., Supp. V). The question presented in this case is whether Congress has waived the Federal Government’s sovereign immunity against awards of monetary damages for violations of this provision.
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