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COOK v. STATE OF R.I., DEPT. OF MHRH

No. 93-1093.

10 F.3d 17 (1993)

Bonnie COOK, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, RETARDATION, AND HOSPITALS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L.P. Brequet, for plaintiff, appellant.

Lynette Labinger, with whom Roney & Labinger was on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Mary L. Clark, with whom James R. Neeley, Jr., Deputy Gen. Counsel, Gwendolyn Young Reams, Associate Gen. Counsel, and Vincent J. Blackwood, Asst. Gen. Counsel, were on brief for U.S. E.E.O.C., amicus curiae.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BARBADORO, District Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This pathbreaking "perceived disability" case presents a textbook illustration of the need for, and the operation of, the prohibition against handicap discrimination contained in section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794 (1993 Supp.). Concluding, as we do, that plaintiff's proof satisfied the burdens articulated by the district court in its jury instructions, we uphold the denial of defendant's various post-trial motions...

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