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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
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. Update of the Case – April 27, 2022	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
125) Doe v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.	Affordable Care Act (ACA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), HIV/AIDS, Unruh Civil Rights Act, Unfair Competition Law (UCL), Employee Retirement Security Act (ERISA), California, Legal Authority.	9th 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
124) John C. Wilds, Jr. v. AKHI LLC and AHTNA Professional Servs. Inc.	service animal, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Florida Civil Rights Act (FCRA), off leash, Federal courthouse, contractor, failure to state a claim	Florida Northern District 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
126) United States v. Vaello-Madero	Equal Protection Clause, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Fifth Amendment, disability benefits, First Circuit, Puerto Rico	1st Circuit 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
123) Williams v. Kincaid	ADA, Rehabilitation Act, Constitutional law, Equal Protection Clause, gender dysphoria, gender identity disorders, prison, transgender, gross negligence, statute of limitations	4th 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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