PARALYZED VET. OF AMER. v. ELLERBE BECKET ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, P.C.

Civ. No. 96-1354 (TFH).

950 F.Supp. 389 (1996)

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ELLERBE BECKET ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, P.C., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Jeffress, Jr., Niki Kuckes, David S. Cohen, Mathew S. Nosanchuk, and Jody A. Manier, Miller, Cassidy, Larrocca & Lewin, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr., John G. Kester, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

THOMAS F. HOGAN, District Judge.

Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment in this case, arguing that the Americans with Disabilities Act does not require a new arena to provide wheelchair seat locations with lines of sight over standing spectators. Defendants further argue that their current design, which provides some, but not all, locations with these "enhanced" sightlines, otherwise complies with the requirements of the...

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