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EQUAL RIGHTS CTR. v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

Civil Action No. 04-00498 (HHK).

573 F.Supp.2d 205 (2008)

EQUAL RIGHTS CENTER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 2, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Brunner, Andrew Stephen Krulwich, Brendan J. Morrissey, Brian H. Pandya, Christina L. Eberhart, Hugh Latimer, Keith Stuart Watson, Laura Henderson Scanlon, Lina Soni, Marjorie B. Manne, Matthew J. Astle, Matthew Evan Corcoran, Todd Andrew Bromberg, Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, Elizabeth Elaine Gardner, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights & Urban, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

David J. Shaffer, Bruce P. Heppen, Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HENRY H. KENNEDY, JR., District Judge.

Following a fairness hearing, as required by Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(e), this court approved the Settlement Agreement reached in this case [# 186] and indicated that a full explanation for its decision would be forthcoming. This court's explanation follows.

I. BACKGROUND

In 2004, the Disability Rights Council of Greater Washington

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