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R.I. HANDICAPPED, ETC. v. R.I. PUBLIC TRANSIT

Civ. A. No. 80-0631.

549 F.Supp. 592 (1982)

RHODE ISLAND HANDICAPPED ACTION COMMITTEE; Paraplegia Association of Rhode Island; Esther Littell; Kathleen J. Podgurski; Angelina De Bartolo v. RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY, et als.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

September 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Mann, Carolyn Roundy, Jean Musiker, Providence, R.I., for plaintiffs.

Anthony Muri, Susan M. Huntley, Levy, Goodman, Semonoff & Gorin, Providence, R.I., Michael L. Martinez, U.S. Dept. of Transp., Washington, D.C., Stephen Mullen, R.I. Dept. of the Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., Patrick J. Quinlan, R.I. Dept. of Transp., Providence, R.I., for defendants.

OPINION

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

This is a case of major public importance concerning the appropriate balance between the right of handicapped persons to use public transportation services and the limited resources of the transportation authorities. Plaintiffs are three mobility handicapped individuals, the Rhode Island Handicapped Action Committee, and the Paraplegic Association of Rhode Island. They...

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