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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Aguirre v. City of Miami | constructive discharge, retaliation |
| Alejandro v. Palm Beach State College | service animal |
| Allmond v. Akal Security Inc. | disparate impact, mitigation, substantial limitation |
| American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) v. Harris | voting access |
| Anderson v. City of Blue Ash | ADA, FHAA, reasonable modification, service animal |
| Argenyi v. Creighton University | ADA Title III, auxiliary aids and services,discrimination, Section 504 |
| Bagwell v. Morgan County Commission | ADA Title I, essential functions, reasonable accommodation, retaliation |
| Bates v. Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. | disability inquiry, medical test |
| 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 |
| Bledsoe v. TVA Bd. of Dirs. | age discrimination, retaliation, federal employee, disability discrimination, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), burden-shifting |
| Boitnott v. Corning, Inc. | employment, legal concepts, major life activity, substantially limited |
| Brown v. Roanoke Rehab and Healthcare Center | ADA, COVID-19, Alabama, definition of disability, employment termination, legal authority, motion to dismiss, federal court |
| Bryson v. Regis Corporation | employment, FMLA, legal concepts, public accommodations, qualified individual, retaliation |
| Campbell v. Universal City Dev. Partners | amusement ride eligibility criteria, discrimination, manufacturer compliance, state law, public accommodation, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability, limb difference, risk assessment, supremacy clause. |
| Caporicci v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. | ADA, ADA – general, discrimination, employment, Florida Civil Rights Act (FRCA), medical and health care |
| Carmona v. Southwest Airlines Company | ADA – general, ADA Amendments Act, employment, intermittent flare ups, retroactive |
| Carter v. Ridge | employment, legal concepts, qualified individual, retaliation, state & local government, transportation |
| Chesnut v. Ethan Allen Retail, Inc. | discrimination, EEOC complaint, employment, legal concepts, timely filing, verified charge |
| C.L. v. Del Amo Hospital,Inc. (2021) | ADA, dog training, medical and health care, PTSD, public accommodation, service animals, service dog |
| Cooper v. CLP Corporation | affirmative defense, discrimination, employment, harassment, reasonable care |
| Cordero v. Florida | definition of disability, employment, retaliation |
| Craig v. Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc. | business, civil rights, constitution, discrimination, diversity, First Amendment, LGBT, religion |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Denman v. Davey Tree Expert Co. | disability-related inquiries, employment, legal concepts, medical examination, reasonable accommodation |
| Deutsch v. Travis County Shoe Hospital & Deutsch v. Annis Enterprises | ADA – general, ADA Title III, facility access, legal concepts, public accommodations, standing |
| Disability Rights North Carolina vs. State of North Carolina | Injunctive Relief, Institutionalization, Segregation, Community-Based Services, North Carolina, Cost Ceiling, Integration Mandate, Olmstead, Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) |
| 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. |
| Dulaney v. Miami-Dade County | “cats paw” theory of causation, employment, legal concepts, regarded as, state & local government |
| EEOC v. Federal Express Corporation | employment, failure to accommodate, legal concepts, punitive damages, reasonable accommodation, state & local government, technology, telecommunication |
| EEOC v. Ford Motor Co. | ADA Title I, employers, essential job functions, legal concepts, reasonable accommodations, retaliation, telecommuting |
| EEOC v. Ford Motor Credit Company | ADA – general, employment, enforcement, job-related inquiry, legal concepts, tangible inquiry, voluntary disclosure |
| EEOC v. Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Inc. | ADA, ADA claim, employment, enforcement, legal concepts, medical and health care, SSA application |
| EEOC v. LHC Group Inc. | ADA Title I, discrimination, employment, qualified employee, reasonable accommodation, summary judgement, termination |
| Feagan v. Jaunt | definition of disability, employment, job restructuring, reasonable accommodation, transportation |
| Federal Express Corporation v. Holowecki | age discrimination in employment act (ADEA), employment |
| Feist v. Louisiana | employment, legal concepts, reasonable accommodation, retaliation |
| Fox v. Morris Jupiter Associates | credibility of claims, facility access, injunctive relief standing, public accommodations |
| 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 |
| Fry v. Napolean Community Schools | education, exhaustion requirement, IDEA, service animal, service animals |
| G.S. v. Bill Lee | ADA, Section 504, preliminary injunction, accommodations, schools, prevailing parties, attorney’s fees, injunctive relief, moot, disability, mask, enforcement, executive order |
| Gabriel Peeples v. Clinical Support Options, Inc. | ADA, coronavirus (covid-19), covid-19, employment, interactive process, legal concepts, medical and health care, preliminary injunction, reasonable accommodation, telework, temporary restraining order |
| Gantner v. Potter | employment, facility access, federal employees compensation act (feca), legal concepts, modified position, Rehabilitation Act, state & local government |
| Garrett v. University of Alabama | employment, legal concepts, sovereign immunity, state & local government |
| Gil v. Winn-Dixie (2017) | accessibility, ADA Title III, internet, public accommodation, public accommodations, technology, websites |
| Gil v. Winn-Dixie (2021) | accessibility, ADA Title III, internet, public accommodation, public accommodations, technology, websites |
| 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 |
| Gomez v. Trinitas Cellars, LLC | Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA”, Title III of the ADA, website accessibility, nexus analysis, motion to dismiss, , failure to state a claim, place of public accommodation, California, Unruh Act, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), standing. |
| Gordon v. Acosta Sales and Marketing, Inc. | ADA, employment, interactive process, reasonable accommodation, retaliation |
| Greenberg v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. | obesity, qualified individual, substantial limitation |
| Gruener v. Ohio Casualty Insurance | employment, legal concepts, public accommodations, regarded as |
| Hagan v. Mason Dixon Intermodal Inc. (MDII) | employment, lawful discharge, transportation |
| Hall v. Florida | ADA, capital punishment, enforcement, intellectual disability, legal concepts, state & local government |
| Harrison v. Benchmark Electronics Huntsville, Inc. (BEHI) | employment, legal concepts, medical inquiry, non-disabled, private right of action |
| Helping Hand, LLC v. Baltimore Company, MD | ADA, ADA Title II, association, discrimination, disparate impact, enforcement, legal concepts, program access, state & local government |
| Heyer v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons | deliberate indifference, effective communication, interpreter, legal concepts, medical and health care, technology, telecommunication |
| Holly v. Clairson Industries | employment, essential function, qualified individual |
| Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC [UPDATE] | employment, legal concepts, ministerial exception |
| Hostettler v. College of Wooster | ADA, civil procedure, education, employment, legal concepts, medical and health care |
| Houston v. Marod Supermarkets, Inc. | ADA, bona fide patron, enforcement, injunctive relief, legal concepts, place of public accommodation, public accommodations, standing, state & local government, tester of ada compliance |
| Howard v. STERIS | actual knowledge, ADA, employee disability, employment, enforcement, failure to accommodate, legal concepts |
| Huber v. Wal-Mart | reassignment, vacant position, diversity, employment. legal concepts, public accommodations |
| Jarvela v. Crete Carrier Corp. | alcoholism, confidentiality, current diagnosis, disclosure, essential function, FMLA, medical inquiry, medical leave, qualified individual |
| 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 |
| John Kelleher v. Fred A. Cook, Inc. | ADA, associated discrimination, employment, legal concepts, motion to dismiss, non-discrimination, termination of employment |
| Karantsalis v. City of Miami Springs, Florid | ADA, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, multiple sclerosis, ADA Title II, legal authority |
| Kilgo v. Cingular Wireless | ADA, employment, legal concepts, retaliation |
| Kroll v. White Lake Ambulance Authority | employment, legal concepts, medical and health care, medical examination |
| KRS v. Brown | employment, legal concepts, recuperative leave, state & local government, WIOA (formerly WIA) |
| Laufer v. Acheson Hotels, LLC (update 8/10/2023) | hotels, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), regulations, “Reservation Rule,” public accommodations, accessible features, reservation service, website, standing, injunctive relief, disability, wheelchair, cane, visual impairment |
| 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 |
| Lewis v. Humboldt Manor | discrimination, employment, legal concepts, sole causation |
| Liese v. Indian River County Hospital District | discriminatory intent, effective communication, interpreter, legal concepts, medical and health care |
| Littleton v. Wal-Mart | employment, major life activity, social interaction |
| Lowe v. Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services | sovereign immunity, state & local government |
| Luna Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools et. al. | equitable relief, compensatory education, compensatory damages, ADA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), disability, d/Deaf, special education, administrative procedures. |
| MacDonald v. United Parcel Service | employment, legal concepts, major life activity, thinking |
| Magee v. Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. | ADA Title III, public accommodation, sales establishment, technology, visual impairment |
| Mayer v. Future Electronics GP Corp. | discrimination, employment, legal concepts, pretext |
| Mayorga v. Alorica, Inc. | ADA, employment, enforcement, legal concepts, medical and health care, pregnancy |
| McCauley v. Georgia | access to courts, ADA, enforcement, legal concepts, program access, sovereign immunity, state & local government |
| McClain v. Tenax Corp. | ADA, discrimination, employment, retaliation, summary judgement |
| Mehryari v. First National Bank Texas | ADA, ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), employment, summary judgement |
| Melman v. Metro. Gov of Nashville & Davidson County | ADA, ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), employment, summary judgement |
| Milton v. Nicholson | discrimination, employment, Section 504 |
| Moore v. Chilton Co. Board of Ed. | ADA Title II, disability harassment, education, Section 504 |
| Moore v. Texas | capital punishment, intellectual disability, medical standard, Supreme Court |
| Nance v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | arbitration, legal concepts, statutory claims |
| National Alliance for Accessibility, Inc. v. Belk, Inc | ADA, enforcement, legal concepts, public accommodations, standing |
| National Federation of the Blind v. Target Corporation | class action, employment, place of public accommodation, public accommodations, technology, web accessibility |
| Novak v. MetroHealth | ADA, definition of disability, employment, FMLA |
| Owusu-Ansah v. Coca-Cola, Co. | ADA, business necessity, enforcement, legal concepts, medical and health care, medical examination |
| Picard v. St. Tammany Parish Hospital | definition of disability, employment, interactive process, restrictive |
| Pinkerton v. Spellings, Secretary – U.S. Dept. of Education | legal concepts, motivating factor, retaliation |
| Prioleau v. Potter | employment, interactive process, reasonable effort, reassignment, state & local government |
| Robles v. Domino’s Pizza LLC | ADA, ADA Title III, auxiliary aids and services, mobile applications, technology, websites |
| Rorrer v. City of Stow | discrimination, employment, essential function, reasonable accommodation, state & local government |
| Ross v. Jefferson County Dept of Health | ADA, employment, enforcement, legal concepts, sovereign immunity, state & local government |
| Rumler v. Florida Dept. of Corrections | ADA, ADA Title I, compensatory damages, employment, legal concepts, state & local government, trial by jury |
| Russell v. City of Tampa | ADA, delay, employment, reasonable accommodation |
| Seff v. Broward County | ADA, EEOC, employment, enforcement, health risk assessment, job-related inquiry, legal concepts, medical and health care, safe harbor, state & local government, wellness programs |
| Seremeth v. Board of County Commissioners of Frederick County | ADA, domestic violence, effective communication, enforcement, interpreter, legal concepts, police detention, police investigation, state & local government |
| Sheely v. MRI Radiology Network, P.A. | compensatory damages, employment, legal concepts, Rehabilitation Act, service animal, service animals, state & local government, voluntary cessation |
| Silva v. Baptist Health South Florida | auxiliary aids, effective communication, healthcare, medical and health care, public accommodations, standing, video remote interpreting |
| Sjöstrand v. Ohio State University | ADA Title I, ADA Title II, discrimination, education, legal concepts, Section 504, state & local government |
| Smith v. TransCor America | ADA Title II, cruel and unusual punishment, facility access, jails, legal concepts, prison, state & local government, technology, transportation |
| Soliday v. 7-Eleven, Inc. | ADA Title I, employer net worth, employment, legal concepts, punitive damages |
| South Carolina Social Services v. Mother, In Interest of Minor, Daughter | ADA Title II, parental rights, reasonable modification, state & local government, termination |
| Sparman v. Blount County Board of Education | ADA Title II, bullying, education, harassment, public school, Section 504 |
| Spees v. James Marine, Inc. | ADA Title VII, Civil Rights Act, employment, gender discrimination, legal concepts, non-discrimination, pregnancy |
| Stansberry v. Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation | association, discrimination, employment |
| Stringer v. N. Bolivar Consolidated School District | ADA, education, employment, legal concepts, non-discrimination |
| Summers v. Altarum Institute, Corp. | ADA, ADA Title I, ADAAA, enforcement, legal concepts, reasonable accommodation, state & local government, sufficiently severe, temporary disability |
| Sydnor v. Fairfax County, VA. | ADA, administrative remedies, employment, enforcement, exhaustion requirement, failure to accommodate, legal concepts |
| Talevski v. Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County | dementia, 42 U.S. Code §1983, nursing facility, Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (FHNRA), civil rights, statute of limitations |
| 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) |
| Thomas v. Trane | attendance, employment |
| Toalston v. Bridgestone Firestone | employment, pro se plaintiffs, protected activity |
| United States v. Vaello-Madero | Equal Protection Clause, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Fifth Amendment, disability benefits, First Circuit, Puerto Rico |
| Vannoy v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | ADA Title I, defective notice of rights, discriminatory discharge, employment, job restructuring. reasonable accommodation, employment |
| Vaughan v. UPS | employment, interactive process, substantial limitation |
| Walker v. City of Vicksburg | employment, legal concepts, major life activity, state & local government |
| Washburn v. Harvey | employment, otherwise qualified |
| White v. Interstate Distributor Company | accommodated position, employer obligation, employment, modified position |
| Williams v. Kincaid | ADA, Rehabilitation Act, Constitutional law, Equal Protection Clause, gender dysphoria, gender identity disorders, prison, transgender, gross negligence, statute of limitations |
| Williams v. Union Underwear Company, Inc. | association, discrimination, employment |
| Wilson v. Phoenix Specialty Manufacturing Company | employment, front pay, legal concepts, pretext, reasonable accommodation, regarded as, termination |
| Wofsy v. Palm Shores | causality, employment, episodic condition, retaliation, transportation |
| Wolfe v. Postmaster General | ADA, ADAAA, employment, enforcement, legal concepts, regarded as |
| Woodward v. City of Paris | ADA Title II, legal concepts, reasonable modification, state & local government |
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