JONES v. ILLINOIS DEPT. OF REHABILITATION SERVICES

Nos. 81-1267, 81-1312, 81-2478 and 81-2558.

689 F.2d 724 (1982)

Charles P. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SERVICES and James S. Jeffers, in his official capacity as Director of the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and Dr. Thomas L. Martin, Jr., President, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Anne Smith, IIT, George Harold Klumpner, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Marc P. Charmatz, National Assoc. of the Deaf, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before PELL, Circuit Judge, KASHIWA, Associate Judge, and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.


PELL, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant Charles P. Jones brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701-94, against the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services (IDRS) and its director Jeffers, and the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and its President Martin. His complaint alleged that by failing to provide him with the services of a sign language interpreter...

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