Legal Opinion
Hart v. County of Alameda
District Court, N.D. California
Decided September 6, 1979No. C-79-0091 WHOPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORRICK, District Judge.
By their Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss the complaint, defendants raise the question, not heretofore addressed in this Circuit, whether handicapped persons may- enforce, through a private cause of action, the provisions of Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Rehabilitation Act”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 793, 1 794, 2 which generally prohibit discrimination against handicapped individuals by federal contractors or by programs receiving federal fiscal assistance, or of Section 122 of the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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3Cited by32 opinions
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