LARA v. CINEMARK USA, INC.

No. 99-50204.

207 F.3d 783 (2000)

Jose G. LARA, E.J. Lozano, Alfredo Juarez, G. Tim Hervey, Earl L. Harbeck, Volar Center for Independent Living, Luis Enrique Chew, Desert Adapt, Myra Murillo, Margarita Lightbourne-Harbeck, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CINEMARK USA, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Harrington (argued), Texas Civil Rights Project, Austin, TX, Denette M. Vaughn, Lubbock, TX, Peter Thomas Hofer, Advocacy Incorporated, Austin, TX. for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Laura M. Franze (argued), Michael Brett Burns, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Steven John Fellman (argued), M. Roy Goldberg, Galland, Kharasch, Greenberg, Fellman & Swirsky, Washington, DC, for National Association of Theatre Owners, Amicus Curiae.

Jeffrey T. Kubes, Martin O'Hara, Quinlan & Crisham, Chicago, IL, for American Institute of Architects, Amicus Curiae.

Thomas Evans Chandler (argued), Jessica Dunsay Silver, Washington, DC, for United States of America, Amicus Curiae.

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 17, 2000.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Cinemark USA, Inc. challenges the district court's determinations that the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") requires "stadium-style" movie theaters to offer wheelchair-bound patrons lines of sight comparable to those enjoyed by the general public and that Cinemark's theaters failed to provide such sight...

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