CARPARTS DISTRI. CTR. v. AUTOMOTIVE WHOLESALER'S ASS'N.

No. 93-1954.

37 F.3d 12 (1994)

CARPARTS DISTRIBUTION CENTER, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AUTOMOTIVE WHOLESALER'S ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 12, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Reidy, with whom James Q. Shirley and Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Professional Ass'n were on brief, for appellants.

Samuel A. Marcosson, Atty., with whom James R. Neely, Jr., Deputy Gen. Counsel, Gwendolyn Young Reams, Associate Gen. Counsel and Vincent J. Blackwood, Asst. Gen. Counsel were on brief for the E.E.O.C., amicus curiae.

William Garza, Cary LaCheen, Herbert Semmel, Thomas Kendricks on brief for American Civil Liberties Union, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders and Gay Men's Health Crisis, amici curiae.

James H. Schulte, with whom Burns, Bryant, Hinchey, Cox & Schulte, P.A. was on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants Carparts Distribution Center, Inc., Daniel W. Dirsh, and Shirley M. Senter, appeal from the district court's order dismissing their complaint for illegal discrimination based on disability under state and federal laws. The court granted judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) in favor of defendants.

I.

STANDARD OF REVIEW

Our review of dismissal under Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) is plenary.

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