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CALIFORNIA PARALYZED VETERANS ASS'N v. F. C. C.

Civ. Nos. 79-501-WPG, 79-644-WPG and 79-1633-WPG.

496 F.Supp. 125 (1980)

The CALIFORNIA PARALYZED VETERANS ASSOCIATION, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al., Defendants. CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, INC., a California Corporation, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., a corporation, et al., Defendants. Patty Ann BERKOSKY, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; Federal Communications Commission; American Broadcasting Company, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

August 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Fleishman, Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, David Cathcart, Los Angeles, Cal., Andrea Sheridan Ordin, U. S. Atty., Michael E. Wolfson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., Barbara Allen Babcock, Mark C. Rutzick, Asst. Attys. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Newport Beach, Cal., Donald A. Daucher, Michael A. Hood, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., Wilmer & Pickering, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

WILLIAM P. GRAY, District Judge.

The principal question before this court is whether section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 793 (1976), impliedly authorizes a private suit for damages in federal court. Additionally, the defendants have raised the issue of whether a complainant must exhaust administrative remedies before the Department of Labor prior to initiating...

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