Legal Opinion
Carmi v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 6, 1980No. 79-1325PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
Paul D. Carmi appeals the denial of in-junctive, declaratory and monetary relief for alleged discrimination in employment on the basis of handicap in violation of 29 U.S.C. § 794 (§ 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973), 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983,1985(3), and the equal protection and due process clauses of the fourteenth amendment.
Paul Carmi has a rare, hereditary, physical disability known as Progressive Pero-neal Atrophy or Chareot-Marie-Tooth Disease. This condition results in deterioration of the muscles and nerves of the hands and feet.
On April 1, 1976, Carmi applied for…
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