AMERICAN ASS'N OF PEOPLE WITH DISABIL. v. SMITH

No. 3:01-CV-1275-J-21TJC.

227 F.Supp.2d 1276 (2002)

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; Daniel W. O'Conner; Kent Bell; and Beth Bowen, Plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, v. Jim SMITH, as Secretary of State for the State of Florida; Edward C. Kast, as Director, Division of Elections; John Stafford, as Supervisor of Elections in Duval County, Florida; Warren Alvarez, Elaine Brown, Matt Carlucci, Doyle D. Carter, Gwen Chandler-Thompson, Lad Daniels, Reggie Fullwood, Alberta Hipps, Jerry Holland, King Holzendorf, Suzanne Jenkins, Pat Lockett-Felder, Jim Overton, Lake Ray, III, Faye Rustin, Lynette Self, Ginger Soud, Mary A. Southwell, and Gwen Yates, as Members of the Jacksonville, Florida City Council, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.

October 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Douglas Baldridge, Alan M. Wiseman, Danielle R. Oddo, Courtney O. Taylor, Vincent E. Verrocchio, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, LLP, Washington, DC, Lois F. Williams, Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Tracey I. Arpen, Jr., Jason R. Teal, General Counsel's Office, Jacksonville, FL, Charles A. Finkel, Atty. General's office, Corrections Lit. Branch, Tallahassee, FL, Scott D. Makar, Office of Gen. Counsel, Jacksonville, FL, for defendants.


ORDER

NIMMONS, District Judge.

This is an action1 brought by an organization of people with disabilities, as well as by certain visually and manually impaired voters, against state and local election officials and members of the City Council of Jacksonville, claiming violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Article VI, Section 1, of the Florida Constitution.

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