United States Ninth Circuit

In an Americans with Disabilities Act suit, the private groups staging the National Finals Rodeo did "operate" the publicly-owned facility and can therefore be sued under Title III of the ADA for failure to make a place of public accommodation accessible for disabled individuals.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2003
• Decided 07/13/2004
• Published 07/13/2004

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge., Before HAWKINS, PAEZ, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard F. Armknecht, III,Armknecht & Cowdell, P.C., Lindon, UT, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Elayna J. Youchah, Schreck Brignone, Las Vegas, NV;  Walter L. Ayers, University and Community College System of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV;  and Elizabeth R. Brennan, Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Las Vegas, NV, for the defendants-appellees.