Michael BOWERS, Plaintiff,
v.
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, ACT, Inc., NCAA Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse, Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, University of Iowa, American International College, Defendants.
United States District Court, D. New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 6, 2001.
August 6, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Barbara E. Ransom, Max Lapertosa, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Richard L. Bazelon, Bazelon, Less & Feldman, P.C., Marlton, NJ, for Plaintiff, Michael Bowers.
Charles J. Vinicombe, J. Freedley Hunsicker, Jr., John Schultz, Julianne Peck, Amy E. Pizzutillo, Drinker, Biddle & Shanley LLP, Princeton, NJ, for Defendant, National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Robert A. Burgoyne, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Washington, DC, Nicholas M. Kouletsis, Pepper Hamilton, LLP, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Defendants, ACT, Inc. and NCAA Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse.
Mark Schantz, Andrew Ives, Office of the General Counsel, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Gordon E. Allen, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Iowa Attorney General, Des Moines, IA, William O. Perkins, Jr., Jersey City, NJ, Jack Jay Wind, Margulies, Wind, Herrington & Knopf, P.C., Jersey City, NJ, for Defendant, University of Iowa.
John B. Langel, Abigail L. Flitter, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant, Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education.
James H. Savage, Ruprecht, Hart & Weeks, LLP, Millburn, NJ, for Defendant, American International College.
John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, Jeffrey C. Burstein, Senior Deputy Attorney General, The State of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, for Intervenor, The State of New Jersey.
John James Peirano, Jr., Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, Newark, NJ, for Third-Party Defendant, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Peter L. Frattarelli, Archer & Greiner, A Professional Corporation, Haddonfield, NJ, for Third-Party Defendant, University of Memphis.
Michael K. Willison, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Lawrenceville, NJ, for Third-Party Defendant, Delaware State University.
United States District Court, D. New Jersey.
OPINION
ORLOFSKY, District Judge
Once again, this protracted and hotly contested case alleging disability discrimination requires this Court to analyze and resolve a novel issue of law. This novel issue involves the interplay between the United States Constitution and state law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability. This Court must now address whether the Plaintiff, Michael Bowers ("Bowers"...
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