Legal Opinion
Cason v. Rochester Housing Authority
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided August 6, 1990No. Civ. 90-250LPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, District Judge.
For over two hundred years our Country has prospered under the principle that all men and women should have an equal opportunity to enjoy “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
There was a time when the disabled did not have the same opportunities and were relegated to a kind of second class status in employment, housing and transportation. That circumstance was caused more by the community’s misinformation and thoughtlessness than by the individual’s actual disabling condition. Much has been done to eliminate this situation but it would be…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Metropolitan Housing Development Corp., Northwest Opportunity Center and Eluteria D. Maldonado, Intervening v. Village of Arlington HeightsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Town of Huntington v. Huntington BranchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Baxter v. City of Belleville, Ill.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 1989
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Stewart B. McKinney Foundation, Inc. v. Town Plan & Zoning CommissionDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1992
- Potomac Group Home Corp. v. Montgomery CountyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1993
- Forest City Residential Management, Inc. v. BeasleyDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2014
- Felts v. Cleveland Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2011
- LaFlamme v. New Horizons, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 2009
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