PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA, INC. v. WASH. METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 88-5413.

894 F.2d 458 (1990)

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA, INC., et al., Appellants, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Seiden, with whom Peggy L. Twohig, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellants. Richard J. Wertheimer, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellants.

Mark R. Pohl, with whom Gerard J. Stief, Robert J. Kniaz and Robert L. Polk, were on the brief, Washington, D.C., for appellee, Washington Metropolitan Area Transp. Authority.

Before EDWARDS, BUCKLEY, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

The plaintiff-appellants and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA") dispute the meaning of the following clause in a consent decree agreed on by them in 1978:

WMATA will install and make operational, prior to the commercial operation of each Metrorail station, at least one elevator access from the surface level at the station.

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