Painter v. Horne Bros., Inc.

Full title: LARRY PAINTER, APPELLANT v. HORNE BROTHERS, INC., APPELLEE

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Jun 16, 1983

710 F.2d 143 (4th Cir. 1983)

Opinion

No. 83-1127.

Argued June 7, 1983.

Decided June 16, 1983.

Robert P. Geary, Richmond, Va. (Geary Davenport, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Meryl Moore (E.D. David, Marla J. Melman, Jones, Blechman, Woltz Kelly, P.C., Newport News, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, and BULLOCK,^_ District Judge.

_ Honorable Frank W. Bullock, Jr., United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM:

The sole issue in this appeal is whether there is an implied right of action available under § 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 793 (as amended by Pub.L. 95-602, Title I, § 122(d), November 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2987). The district court held that there was not.

In agreement with all of the circuits which have considered the issue, we affirm. See Beam v. Sun Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co., 679 F.2d 1077 (3 Cir. 1982); Fisher v. City of Tucson, 663 F.2d 861 (9 Cir. 1981), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 103 S.Ct. 178, 74 L.Ed.2d 146 (1982); Davis v. United Airlines, Inc., 662 F.2d 120 (2 Cir. 1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 965, 102 S.Ct. 2045, 72 L.Ed.2d 490 (1982); Simon v. St. Louis County, 656 F.2d 316 (8 Cir. 1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 976, 102 S.Ct. 1485, 71 L.Ed.2d 688 (1982); Simpson v. Reynolds Metals Co., Inc., 629 F.2d 1226 (7 Cir. 1980); Rogers v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 611 F.2d 1074 (5 Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 889, 101 S.Ct. 246, 66 L.Ed.2d 115 (1980); Hoopes v. Equifax, Inc., 611 F.2d 134 (6 Cir. 1979).

AFFIRMED.