United States First Circuit

In a case alleging that defendant-movie theatre violated the ADA with regards to wheelchair spaces in "stadium-style" theatres, summary judgment against defendant is reversed where the district court's blanket determination that all theatres provide inferior wheelchair placement is not justified.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/20/2004
• Published 08/20/2004

Judges

• BOUDIN, Chief Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James R. Carroll with whom David S. Clancy, Christopher S. Fortier and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP were on brief for National Amusements, Inc., Michael J. Malone with whom Patricia A. Griffin, Leslie J. Arnold and King & Spalding LLP were on brief for Hoyts Cinemas Corporation., David K. Monroe, Steven John Fellman, and Galland, Kharasch, Greenberg, Fellman & Swirsky, P.C. on brief for National Association of Theatre Owners, Inc., Amicus Curiae., Gregory B. Friel, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, with whom R. Alexander Acosta, Assistant Attorney General, Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, Michael J. Pineault, Assistant United States Attorney, and Jessica Dunsay Silver, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, were on brief for the United States.