HOLLONBECK v. U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

Nos. 07-1053, 07-1056.

513 F.3d 1191 (2008)

Scot HOLLONBECK; Jose Antonio Iniguez; Jacob. Walter Jung Ho Heilveil; Vie Sports Marketing, Inc., a Georgia corporation, Plaintiffs-ppellants, v. UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, a federally-chartered corporation; U.S. Paralympics, Inc., f/k/a United States Paralympic Corporation, a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and Mark E. Shepherd, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States Olympic Committee, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund; Disability Rights Advocates; National Federation of the Blind; Legal Center for People With Disabilities; Rafael Ibarra; Karin Korb; Tatyana McFadden, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Robertson of Fox & Robertson, P.C., (and Timothy P. Fox of Fox & Robertson, P.C., Kevin W. Williams, Legal Program Director of Colorado Cross Disability Coalition, Denver, CO, with her on the briefs), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Christopher Handman of Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., (Jeffrey S. George, John W. Cook, and Anne H. Turner of Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Colorado Springs, CO, with him on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Samuel R. Bagenstos, St. Louis, MO, filed a brief, for Amici Curiae.

Before KELLY, HOLLOWAY, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


KELLY, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated appeals, paralympic athletes appeal the district court's dismissal of their claims under § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act against the United States Olympic Committee ("USOC"). In 07-1053, Plaintiffs-Appellants Scot Hollonbeck, Jose Antonio Iniguez, and Jacob Walter Jung Ho Heilveil appeal the district court's grant of a motion to dismiss in favor of the USOC on their § 504 claim. In 07-1056, Plaintiff Mark Shepherd...

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