BROOKLYN CTR. FOR INDEPENDENCE OF DISABLED v. MTA

No. 20-1433 August Term 2020.

11 F.4th 55 (2021)

BROOKLYN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE OF the DISABLED, a Nonprofit Organization, Bronx Independent Living Services, a Nonprofit Organization, Harlem Independent Living Center, a Nonprofit Organization, Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York a Nonprofit Organization, Disabled in Action of Metropolitan, New York a Nonprofit Organization, New York Statewide Senior Action Council, a Nonprofit Organization, Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, an Individual, Chris Pangilinan, an Individual, Dustin Jones, an Individual, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, a Public Benefit Corporation, Veronique Hakim, in Her Official Capacity as Interim Executive Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit Authority, a Public Benefit Corporation, Darryl C. Irick, in His Official Capacity as Acting President of the New York City Transit Authority, Defendants-Appellees, The City of New York, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Seaborn , Disability Rights Advocates, Berkeley, CA ( Jelena Kolic , Disability Rights Advocates, Chicago, IL; Emily Seelenfreund , Disability Rights Advocates, New York, NY; Daniel L. Brown , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, New York, NY; on the briefs), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Ira J. Lipton ( Helene R. Hechtkopf , Miriam J. Manber , Steven M. Silverberg , on the brief), Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

David J. Abrams , Julie R. Fischer , Deva Roberts , Kristine B. Abrenica , Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae CSY Ventures LLC, d/b/a Up-Stand, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.

William A. Burck , Josef T. Ansorge , Stephen A. Broome , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Washington, DC and New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae National Disability Rights Network, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Darin P. McAtee , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae TransitCenter, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Before: Jacobs, Cabranes, Menashi, Circuit Judges.


A certified class of people with impaired mobility who rely on elevators to access the New York City subway system, along with six disability-rights organizations, allege that the disrepair of subway-station elevators violates Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act...

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