EASTMAN v. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

No. 90-1453.

939 F.2d 204 (1991)

Ann H. EASTMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY; the Board of Visitors of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; William E. Lavery, Chancellor; Paul M. Gherman, Director of Libraries, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1991.

As Amended August 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Adrian Gibney, Jr., Shuford, Rubin, Gibney & Dunn, Richmond, Va., argued (Jane Chittom, Shuford, Rubin, Gibney & Dunn, Richmond, Va., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard Croswell Kast, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., argued (Jerry D. Cain, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. and Gen. Counsel, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va., on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before HALL and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and KISER, District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


OPINION

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Ann H. Eastman appeals the order dismissing as time-barred her action for damages under § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794. 732 F.Supp. 665. We affirm, but for different reasons than those relied on by the district court.

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Eastman was employed by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ("VPI") from 1978 through January 1...

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