Disabled in Action of Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Coleman

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BECHTLE, District Judge.

The above-named plaintiffs brought this action on June 17,1976, against the defendants, * on behalf of the class of all mobile disabled and elderly persons who are denied ready access to, and effective use of, federally financed mass transportation by reason of the physical and structural barriers in the design of public transit equipment.

Plaintiffs’ (hereinafter “Disabled”) claims are based upon the Urban Mass Transportation Act (“UMTA”), 49 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq.; the Federal Aid Highway Acts, 23 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.; the Rehabilitation Act of…