Legal Opinion
Wagner v. Fair Acres Geriatric Center
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 15, 1994No. Civ. A. 93-2708PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
McGLYNN, District Judge.
Section 794 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 states in pertinent part:
No otherwise qualified handicapped individual ... shall solely by reason of his handicap be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
29 U.S.C. § 794 (commonly referred to as § 504).
The historical facts in this case are essentially undisputed. The issue to be decided is whether Fair Acres Geriatric Center, a county operated intermediate care nursing facility…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Gasoline Products Co. v. Champlin Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Bowen v. American Hospital Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Jayne G. Nathanson v. The Medical College of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Roebuck, Dr. James R. v. Drexel UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Margaret C. Wagner, by Her Next Friend George M. Wagner v. Fair Acres Geriatric Center. Margaret Wagner, by Her Next Friend, George M. WagnerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Woolfolk v. DuncanDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1995
- Wagner v. Fair AcresCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995