Greater Los Angeles Council On Deafness, Inc. v. Community Television Of Southern California

719 F.2d 1017 GREATER LOS ANGELES COUNCIL ON DEAFNESS, INC., a California non-profit corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. COMMUNITY TELEVISION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants-Appellants, and Department of Education, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Nos. 80-5400, 80-5445, 80-6064, 80-6066, 81-5952, 82-5054 and 82-5280. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 4, 1982. Decided Nov. 2, 1983. Abraham Gottfried, Stanley Fleishman, Los Angeles, Cal., J. Kendrick Kresse, San Leandro, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants. Ann Buxton Sobol, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Edgar F. Czarra, Jr., Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for Dept. of Educ., et al. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before GOODWIN, HUG, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. HUG, Circuit Judge: 1 This case requires us to consider the rights of hearing impaired television viewers under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 794 . 1 The plaintiffs, a class of hearing impaired persons, argue the Act requires television stations that receive federal funding to provide open…