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United States Tenth Circuit


THOMPSON v. STATE OF COLORADO, 99-1045

Handicapped plaintiffs may not challenge state fee for handicapped parking placards under Colo. Rev. Stat. 42-3-121(2)(d) because Title II of the ADA does not abrogate a state's 11th Amendment immunity.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 08/07/2001
  • Published 08/07/2001

Judges

  • MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before BRISCOE, Circuit Judge, REAVLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Court

  • United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • Jessica Dunsay Silver, Seth M. Galanter, Attorneys, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, filed briefs on behalf of the Intervenor.

  • For Appellees:
  • Stephen R. Senn,Peterson & Myers, P.A., Lakeland, FL (J. Davis Connor, Peterson & Myers, P.A., Lakeland, FL;  Robert Antonello, Robert G. Fegers, Antonello, Fegers & CEA, Winter Haven, FL;  Glen F. Gordon, John A. Purvis, William R. Gray, Purvis, Gray & Gordon, LLP, Boulder, CO, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Paul Farley, Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Colorado, (Ken Salazar, Attorney General, State of Colorado, with him on the briefs), Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant.
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