Legal Opinion
Bento v. ITO Corp. of Rhode Island
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided December 12, 1984No. Civ. A. 83-0100 SPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SELYA, District Judge.
Matthew Bento, a sixty-three year old longshoreman with over thirty-six years of experience on the docks, has brought this action alleging, inter alia, handicapped discrimination under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701-796Í, (more specifically, for purposes of this case, § 793 and § 794). The defendant, I.T.O. Corporation of Rhode Island (ITO), is one of the five cargo-handling companies which collectively comprise the Rhode Island Shipping Association (Association). The Association, which also includes Goff and Page, Inc., John J. Orr…
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