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BARNES, KAY, ETC., ET AL. v. GORMAN, JEFFREY (27435)

    Order dated: 01/11/02
    Docket number: 01-682
    Action:
        The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. Petitioners' brief is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Monday, February 25, 2002. Respondent's brief is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Wednesday, March 27, 2002. A reply brief, if any, is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 3 p.m., Monday, April 15, 2002. Rule 29.2 is suspended in this case.

BARNES, KAY, ETC., ET AL. v. GORMAN, JEFFREY (27435)

    Order dated: 04/01/02
    Docket number: 01-682
    Action:
        The motions of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument are granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Whether the Eighth Circuit, in agreement with the Fourth Circuit but in conflict with the Third and Sixth Circuits, correctly held that punitive damages may be awarded against a municipal government in an implied private cause of action brought under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act or Section 202 of the ADA.

An opinion has been handed down: