42 U.S.C. § 4155
Effective date of standards
Every building designed, constructed, or altered after the effective date of a standard issued under this chapter which is applicable to such building, shall be designed, constructed, or altered in accordance with such standard.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2025 · leading case: Mason H. Rose v. United States Postal Serv., 774 F.2d 1355 (9th Cir. 1985).
Mason H. Rose v. United States Postal Serv., 774 F.2d 1355 (9th Cir. 1985). “42 U.S.C. § 4155 . Plaintiffs and amici argue that the operative section of the Act is section 4a; that it requires the Postal Service to prescribe standards to alter buildings to make them accessible to the handicapped.”
Accessibility Guidelines & Fed. Lease Renewals (OLC 1999). “should set statutory coverage, effective dates, e tc ” USPS Letter at 10 This restrictive interpretation of the Board’s authority to issue substantive guidelines is incompatible with the broad, discre tionary authority we recognized m our 1980 opinion See 1980 Opinion at 4, 6…”
FAWCETT v. United States (D. Me. 2025). “” 42 U.S.C. § 4155 . Following jurisdictional discovery, the parties now agree that the only alteration to the exterior Commercial Street entrance involved changes to the door during the 2009 renovations.”
Applicability of the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 to Bldgs. Financed with Fed. Funds (OLC 1980). “719 (1968) (codified at 42 U.S.C. §4155 ). T he A ct did allow exceptions to be m ade in som e circum stances.”
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