Legal and policy developments relevant to civil rights protections and the impact of court decisions in the Southeast Region and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are analyzed in partnership with the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University.
Name | Keywords | Court |
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120) Adams v. Cleveland Clinic Florida | Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, ADA Title III, American Sign Language (ASL), district court, Florida, legal authority, civil contempt, settlement agreement | Florida Southern District Court |
1) Aguirre v. City of Miami | constructive discharge, retaliation | Florida Southern District Court |
2) Alejandro v. Palm Beach State College | service animal | Florida Southern District Court |
3) Allmond v. Akal Security Inc. | disparate impact, mitigation, substantial limitation | Georgia Middle District Court |
4) American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) v. Harris | voting access | 11th Circuit Court |
5) Anderson v. City of Blue Ash | ADA, FHAA, reasonable modification, service animal | 6th Circuit Court |
6) Argenyi v. Creighton University | ADA Title III, auxiliary aids and services,discrimination, Section 504 | 8th Circuit Court |
7) Argenyi v. Creighton University [UPDATE] | ADA Title III, auxiliary aids and services, discrimination, Section 504 | Nebraska District Court |
8) Bagwell v. Morgan County Commission | ADA Title I, essential functions, reasonable accommodation, retaliation | 11th Circuit Court |
9) Bates v. Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. | disability inquiry, medical test | 6th Circuit Court |
122) Berling v. Gravity Diagnostics, LLC | adverse employment action, lost wages and benefits, mental pain and suffering, anxiety disorder, panic attacks, disability, employment termination, reasonable accommodation, disability discrimination | Commonwealth of Kentucky, Kenton Circuit Court Division IV |
10) Boitnott v. Corning, Inc. | employment, legal concepts, major life activity, substantially limited | 4th Circuit Court |
121) Brown v. Roanoke Rehab and Healthcare Center | ADA, COVID-19, Alabama, definition of disability, employment termination, legal authority, motion to dismiss, federal court | Alabama Middle District Court |
11) Bryson v. Regis Corporation | employment, FMLA, legal concepts, public accommodations, qualified individual, retaliation | 6th Circuit Court |
12) Caporicci v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. | ADA, ADA – general, discrimination, employment, Florida Civil Rights Act (FRCA), medical and health care | 11th Circuit Court |
13) Carmona v. Southwest Airlines Company | ADA – general, ADA Amendments Act, employment, intermittent flare ups, retroactive | 5th Circuit Court |
14) Carter v. Ridge | employment, legal concepts, qualified individual, retaliation, state & local government, transportation | 5th Circuit Court |
15) Chesnut v. Ethan Allen Retail, Inc. | discrimination, EEOC complaint, employment, legal concepts, timely filing, verified charge | Georgia Northern District Court |
16) C.L. v. Del Amo Hospital, Inc. (2019) | ADA, ADA – general, dog training, medical and health care, PTSD, public accommodation, service animals, service dog | California Central District Court |
17) C.L. v. Del Amo Hospital,Inc. (2021) | ADA, ADA – general, dog training, medical and health care, PTSD, public accommodation, service animals, service dog | 9th Circuit Court |
18) Cooper v. CLP Corporation | affirmative defense, discrimination, employment, harassment, reasonable care | 11th Circuit Court |
19) Cordero v. Florida | definition of disability, employment, retaliation | Florida Northern District Court |
20) Craig v. Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc. | business, civil rights, constitution, discrimination, diversity, First Amendment, LGBT, religion | Colorado Court of Appeals, Division 1 |
21) Crawford v. Hinds County Board of Supervisors | ADA – general, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), architectural, courthouse, courtrooms, disability, District Court, facility access, future injury, injunctive relief, juror, jury duty, jury service, legal concepts, public accommodations, restrooms, state & local government, wheelchair | 5th Circuit Court |
119) Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C. | ADA Title III, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Affordable Care Act of 2010, Civil Rights Act of 1964, deaf, legally blind, emotional distress, Texas Human Rights Code | 5th Circuit Court |
22) Daniels v. Arcade, L.P. | 4th Circuit, ADA – general, eligible to bring suit, enforcement, facility access, injury in fact, legal concepts, public accommodations, recreation/leisure, standing | 4th Circuit Court |
23) Denman v. Davey Tree Expert Co. | disability-related inquiries, employment, legal concepts, medical examination, reasonable accommodation | 6th Circuit Court |
24) Deutsch v. Travis County Shoe Hospital & Deutsch v. Annis Enterprises | ADA – general, ADA Title III, facility access, legal concepts, public accommodations, standing | 5th Circuit Court |
25) Dulaney v. Miami-Dade County | “cats paw” theory of causation, employment, legal concepts, regarded as, state & local government | 11th Circuit Court |
26) EEOC v. Federal Express Corporation | employment, failure to accommodate, legal concepts, punitive damages, reasonable accommodation, state & local government, technology, telecommunication | 4th Circuit Court |
27) EEOC v. Ford Motor Co. | ADA Title I, employers, essential job functions, legal concepts, reasonable accommodations, retaliation, telecommuting | 6th Circuit Court |
28) EEOC v. Ford Motor Credit Company | ADA – general, employment, enforcement, job-related inquiry, legal concepts, tangible inquiry, voluntary disclosure | Tennessee Middle District Court |
29) EEOC v. Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Inc. | ADA – general, ADA claim, employment, enforcement, legal concepts, medical and health care, SSA application | 4th Circuit Court |
30) EEOC v. LHC Group Inc. | ADA Title I, discrimination, employment, qualified employee, reasonable accommodation, summary judgement, termination | 5th Circuit Court |
31) Feagan v. Jaunt | definition of disability, employment, job restructuring, reasonable accommodation, transportation | 4th Circuit Court |
32) Federal Express Corporation v. Holowecki | age discrimination in employment act (ADEA), employment | U.S. Supreme Court |
33) Feist v. Louisiana | employment, legal concepts, reasonable accommodation, retaliation | 5th Circuit Court |
34) Fox v. Morris Jupiter Associates | credibility of claims, facility access, injunctive relief standing, public accommodations | Florida Southern District Court |
35) Frame v. City of Arlington – Texas (5th Circuit, 2010 and 2011) – UPDATE | accrual, ADA Title II, discrimination, public services, Rehabilitation Act, Section 504, state & local government, statute of limitations | 5th Circuit Court |
36) Fry v. Napolean Community Schools | education, exhaustion requirement, IDEA, service animal, service animals | U.S. Supreme Court |
37) Gabriel Peeples v. Clinical Support Options, Inc. | ADA, ADA – general, coronavirus (covid-19), covid-19, employment, interactive process, legal concepts, medical and health care, preliminary injunction, reasonable accommodation, telework, temporary restraining order | District of Massachusetts District Court |
38) Gantner v. Potter | employment, facility access, federal employees compensation act (feca), legal concepts, modified position, Rehabilitation Act, state & local government | Kentucky Western District Court |
39) Garrett v. University of Alabama | employment, legal concepts, sovereign immunity, state & local government | 11th Circuit Court |
40) Gil v. Winn-Dixie (2017) | accessibility, ADA Title III, internet, public accommodation, public accommodations, technology, websites | Florida Southern District Court |
41) Gil v. Winn-Dixie (2021) | accessibility, ADA Title III, internet, public accommodation, public accommodations, technology, websites | 11th Circuit Court |
42) Giustiniani v. Florida Dept. of Financial Services | ada general, effective communication, enforcement, grievance procedure, legal concepts, medical and health care, program access, public accommodations, state & local government | Florida Middle District Court |
43) Gordon v. Acosta Sales and Marketing, Inc. | ADA – general, employment, interactive process, reasonable accommodation, retaliation | 5th Circuit Court |
44) Greenberg v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. | obesity, qualified individual, substantial limitation | 11th Circuit Court |
45) Gruener v. Ohio Casualty Insurance | employment, legal concepts, public accommodations, regarded as | 6th Circuit Court |
46) Hagan v. Mason Dixon Intermodal Inc. (MDII) | employment, lawful discharge, transportation | Georgia Southern District Court |
47) Hall v. Florida | ADA – general, capital punishment, enforcement, intellectual disability, legal concepts, state & local government | U.S. Supreme Court |
48) Harrison v. Benchmark Electronics Huntsville, Inc. (BEHI) | employment, legal concepts, medical inquiry, non-disabled, private right of action | 11th Circuit Court |
49) Helping Hand, LLC v. Baltimore Company, MD | ADA – general, ADA Title II, association, discrimination, disparate impact, enforcement, legal concepts, program access, state & local government | 4th Circuit Court |
50) Heyer v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons | deliberate indifference, effective communication, interpreter, legal concepts, medical and health care, technology, telecommunication | U.S. Supreme Court |
51) Holly v. Clairson Industries | employment, essential function, qualified individual | 11th Circuit Court |
52) Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC [UPDATE] | employment, legal concepts, ministerial exception | U.S. Supreme Court |
53) Hostettler v. College of Wooster | ADA, ADA – general, civil procedure, education, employment, legal concepts, medical and health care | 6th Circuit Court |
54) Houston v. Marod Supermarkets, Inc. | ADA – general, bona fide patron, enforcement, injunctive relief, legal concepts, place of public accommodation, public accommodations, standing, state & local government, tester of ada compliance | 11th Circuit Court |
55) Howard v. STERIS | actual knowledge, ADA – general, employee disability, employment, enforcement, failure to accommodate, legal concepts | Alabama Middle District Court |
56) Huber v. Wal-Mart | reassignment, vacant position, diversity, employment. legal concepts, public accommodations | U.S. Supreme Court |
57) Jarvela v. Crete Carrier Corp. | alcoholism, confidentiality, current diagnosis, disclosure, essential function, FMLA, medical inquiry, medical leave, qualified individual | 11th Circuit Court |
58) John Kelleher v. Fred A. Cook, Inc. | ADA, ADA – general, associated discrimination, employment, legal concepts, motion to dismiss, non-discrimination, termination of employment | 2nd Circuit Court |
118) Karantsalis v. City of Miami Springs, Florid | ADA, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, multiple sclerosis, ADA Title II, legal authority | 11th Circuit Court |
59) Kilgo v. Cingular Wireless | ADA, employment, legal concepts, retaliation | Tennessee Eastern District Court |
60) Kroll v. White Lake Ambulance Authority | employment, legal concepts, medical and health care, medical examination | 6th Circuit Court |
61) KRS v. Brown | employment, legal concepts, recuperative leave, state & local government, WIOA (formerly WIA) | Kentucky Court of Appeals |
62) Lee v. City of Columbus, Ohio | discrimination, employment, legal concepts, medical inquiry, medical leave, Rehabilitation Act, right to privacy, Section 504, sole causation, state & local government | 6th Circuit Court |
63) Lewis v. Humboldt Manor | discrimination, employment, legal concepts, sole causation | 6th Circuit Court |
64) Liese v. Indian River County Hospital District | discriminatory intent, effective communication, interpreter, legal concepts, medical and health care | 11th Circuit Court |
65) Littleton v. Wal-Mart | employment, major life activity, social interaction | 11th Circuit Court |
66) Lowe v. Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services | sovereign immunity, state & local government | 6th Circuit Court |
67) MacDonald v. United Parcel Service | employment, legal concepts, major life activity, thinking | 6th Circuit Court |
68) Magee v. Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. | ADA Title III, public accommodation, sales establishment, technology, visual impairment | 5th Circuit Court |
69) Mayer v. Future Electronics GP Corp. | discrimination, employment, legal concepts, pretext | Mississippi Northern District Court |
70) Mayorga v. Alorica, Inc. | ADA – general, employment, enforcement, legal concepts, medical and health care, pregnancy | Florida Southern District Court |
71) McCauley v. Georgia | access to courts, ADA – general, enforcement, legal concepts, program access, sovereign immunity, state & local government | 11th Circuit Court |
72) McClain v. Tenax Corp. | ADA, ADA – general, discrimination, employment, retaliation, summary judgement | Alabama Southern District Court |
73) Mehryari v. First National Bank Texas | ADA, ADA – general, ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), employment, summary judgement | Texas Eastern District Court |
74) Melman v. Metro. Gov of Nashville & Davidson County | ADA, ADA – general, ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), employment, summary judgement | Tennessee Middle District Court |
75) Milton v. Nicholson | discrimination, employment, Section 504 | 5th Circuit Court |
76) Moore v. Chilton Co. Board of Ed. | ADA Title II, disability harassment, education, Section 504 | Alabama Middle District Court |
77) Moore v. Texas | capital punishment, intellectual disability, medical standard, Supreme Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
78) Nance v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | arbitration, legal concepts, statutory claims | 6th Circuit Court |
79) National Alliance for Accessibility, Inc. v. Belk, Inc | ADA – general, enforcement, legal concepts, public accommodations, standing | North Carolina Eastern Court |
80) National Federation of the Blind v. Target Corporation | class action, employment, place of public accommodation, public accommodations, technology, web accessibility | California Northern District Court |
81) Novak v. MetroHealth | ADA – general, definition of disability, employment, FMLA | 11th Circuit Court |
82) Owusu-Ansah v. Coca-Cola, Co. | ADA – general, business necessity, enforcement, legal concepts, medical and health care, medical examination | 11th Circuit Court |
83) Picard v. St. Tammany Parish Hospital | definition of disability, employment, interactive process, restrictive | 5th Circuit Court |
84) Pinkerton v. Spellings, Secretary – U.S. Dept. of Education | legal concepts, motivating factor, retaliation | 5th Circuit Court |
85) Prioleau v. Potter | employment, interactive process, reasonable effort, reassignment, state & local government | South Carolina U.S. District Court |
86) Robles v. Domino’s Pizza LLC | ADA, ADA Title III, auxiliary aids and services, mobile applications, technology, websites | 9th Circuit Court |
87) Rorrer v. City of Stow | discrimination, employment, essential function, reasonable accommodation, state & local government | 6th Circuit Court |
88) Ross v. Jefferson County Dept of Health | ADA – general, employment, enforcement, legal concepts, sovereign immunity, state & local government | 11th Circuit Court |
89) Rumler v. Florida Dept. of Corrections | ADA – general, ADA Title I, compensatory damages, employment, legal concepts, state & local government, trial by jury | Florida Middle District Court |
90) Russell v. City of Tampa | ADA – general, delay, employment, reasonable accommodation | Florida Middle District Court |
91) Seff v. Broward County | ADA – general, EEOC, employment, enforcement, health risk assessment, job-related inquiry, legal concepts, medical and health care, safe harbor, state & local government, wellness programs | 11th Circuit Court |
92) Seremeth v. Board of County Commissioners of Frederick County | ADA – general, domestic violence, effective communication, enforcement, interpreter, legal concepts, police detention, police investigation, state & local government | 4th Circuit Court |
93) Sheely v. MRI Radiology Network, P.A. | compensatory damages, employment, legal concepts, Rehabilitation Act, service animal, service animals, state & local government, voluntary cessation | 11th Circuit Court |
94) Silva v. Baptist Health South Florida | auxiliary aids, effective communication, healthcare, medical and health care, public accommodations, standing, video remote interpreting | 11th Circuit Court |
95) Sjöstrand v. Ohio State University | ADA Title I, ADA Title II, discrimination, education, legal concepts, Section 504, state & local government | 6th Circuit Court |
96) Smith v. TransCor America | ADA Title II, cruel and unusual punishment, facility access, jails, legal concepts, prison, state & local government, technology, transportation | Kentucky Western District Court |
97) Soliday v. 7-Eleven, Inc. | ADA Title I, employer net worth, employment, legal concepts, punitive damages | Florida Middle District Court |
98) South Carolina Social Services v. Mother, In Interest of Minor, Daughter | ADA Title II, parental rights, reasonable modification, state & local government, termination | South Carolina State Court of Appeals |
99) Sparman v. Blount County Board of Education | ADA Title II, bullying, education, harassment, public school, Section 504 | Alabama Northern District Court |
100) Spees v. James Marine, Inc. | ADA Title VII, Civil Rights Act, employment, gender discrimination, legal concepts, non-discrimination, pregnancy | Kentucky Western District Court |
101) Stansberry v. Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation | association, discrimination, employment | 6th Circuit Court |
102) Stringer v. N. Bolivar Consolidated School District | ADA, ADA – general, education, employment, legal concepts, non-discrimination | 5th Circuit Court |
103) Summers v. Altarum Institute, Corp. | ADA – general, ADA Title I, ADAAA, enforcement, legal concepts, reasonable accommodation, state & local government, sufficiently severe, temporary disability | 4th Circuit Court |
104) Sydnor v. Fairfax County, VA. | ADA – general, administrative remedies, employment, enforcement, exhaustion requirement, failure to accommodate, legal concepts | 4th Circuit Court |
105) The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, Inc. v. United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), et. al | aggressive self-injurious behavior, developmental disabilities, Electrical Stimulation Device (ESD), Graduated Electronic Decelerator (GED), intellectual disabilities, legal authority, Massachusetts, practice of medicine, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | District of Columbia Circuit Court |
106) Thomas v. Trane | attendance, employment | Georgia Middle District Court |
107) Toalston v. Bridgestone Firestone | employment, pro se plaintiffs, protected activity | Tennessee Middle District Court |
108) Vannoy v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | ADA Title I, defective notice of rights, discriminatory discharge, employment, job restructuring. reasonable accommodation, employment | 4th Circuit Court |
109) Vaughan v. UPS | employment, interactive process, substantial limitation | Tennessee Middle District Court |
110) Walker v. City of Vicksburg | employment, legal concepts, major life activity, state & local government | Mississippi Southern District Court |
111) Washburn v. Harvey | employment, otherwise qualified | 5th Circuit Court |
112) White v. Interstate Distributor Company | accommodated position, employer obligation, employment, modified position | 6th Circuit Court |
113) Williams v. Union Underwear Company, Inc. | association, discrimination, employment | 6th Circuit Court |
114) Wilson v. Phoenix Specialty Manufacturing Company | employment, front pay, legal concepts, pretext, reasonable accommodation, regarded as, termination | 4th Circuit Court |
115) Wofsy v. Palm Shores | causality, employment, episodic condition, retaliation, transportation | Tennessee Middle District Court |
116) Wolfe v. Postmaster General | ADA – general, ADAAA, employment, enforcement, legal concepts, regarded as | 11th Circuit Court |
117) Woodward v. City of Paris | ADA Title II, legal concepts, reasonable modification, state & local government | Tennessee Western District Court |
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