PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA v. ELLERBE BECKET ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, P.C.

Civ. No. 96-1354(TFH).

945 F.Supp. 1 (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.

July 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Jeffress, Jr., Niki Kuckes, David S. Cohen, Mathew S. Nosanchuk and Jody A. Mainer, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Paralyzed Veterans of America, Fred Cowell, Geoffrey Hopkins, Andrew L. Krieger, Lee Page.

Lewis J. Baker, Watt, Tieder & Hoffar, L.L.P., McLean, VA, for Ellerbe Becket Architects & Engineers, P.C., Ellerbe Becket, Inc.

Michael Evan Jaffe, Robert Steven Holt, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, for D.C. Arena Associates, Inc.

Brendan Vincent Sullivan, Jr., John Gordon Kester, Paul Mogin, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for D.C. Arena L.P., Abe Pollin Sports, Inc., and Abe Pollin.

Paul Mogin, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for Centre Group, Ltd. Partnership.

Thomas M. Contois, Disability Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae United States.

Geoffrey T. Keating, McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for amicus curiae American Institute of Architects.


OPINION AND ORDER

THOMAS F. HOGAN, District Judge.

In accordance with the bench ruling issued at the hearing on July 19, 1996, the Court will grant the motion of defendants Ellerbe Becket Architects & Engineers, P.C. and Ellerbe Becket, Inc. to dismiss this action against them. After having considered the parties' briefing, the submissions of amicus curiae, and the arguments at the hearing, the Court is convinced that neither 42 U.S.C. §...

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