Legal E-Bulletin Archive

General ADA Issues

Is Pregnancy a Disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Posted April 2012
Remedies under the ADA
Posted June 2010
The ADA Amendments Act of 2008
Posted October 2008
Surcharges for Accessibility
posted May 2001
Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504of the Rehabilitation Act: The Role of Direct Threat
Posted November 2000

Employment

The Ministerial Exception to the ADA
Posted January 2012
Supreme Court Considers How the ADA Applies to Religious Employers
Posted October 2011
Undue Hardship
Posted December 2007
Revisiting Reassignment
Posted October 2007
Arbitration and the ADA
Posted April 2003
US Airways, Inc. v Barnett
Posted May 2002
Supreme Court Rules That the Americans with Disabilities Act is Unconstitutional in Garrett v. State of Alabama
posted March 2001
Garrett Case Decided: The Supreme Court Rules on the Applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act to States
posted February 2001
Supreme Court Limits Discrimination Claimants Access To Courthouse: Arbitration Agreements and Title I of the ADA
posted August 2001
Leave of Absence as a Reasonable Accommodation under the ADA
Posted January 2003
The ADA & Job Descriptions
Posted September 2000
Reasonableness, Accommodations, and Reasonable Accommodations Under the ADA, Part 4
Posted September 2000
Reasonableness, Accommodations, and Reasonable Accommodations Under the ADA Part 3
Posted August 2000
Reasonableness, Accommodations, and Reasonable Accommodations Under the ADA Part 2
Posted July 2000
Reasonableness, Accommodations, and Reasonable Accommodations Under the ADA Part1
Posted June 2000
The Role of Direct Threat
Posted May 2000
Drug and Alcohol Issues & the Americans with Disabilities Act
Posted April 2000

State and Local Government Programs and Services

Supreme Court Allows Prisoner to Sue State for Damages under the ADA
Posted January 2006
Paratransit System Not Required to Make Reasonable Modifications
Posted January 2005
Supreme Court Rules Persons with Disabilities Can Sue State for Monetary Damages
Posted May 2004
Court Allows People with Disabilities to Continue Fight Against Oklahoma’s Disparate Medicaid Prescription Plan
Posted July 2003
Punitive Damages under § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the ADA
Posted May 2003
Title II v. the Eleventh Amendment - Post-Garrett
Posted June 2002

Public Accommodations

ADA Applies to Foreign Cruise Ships in U.S. Waters
Posted June 2005
Ninth Circuit Rules Movies Theatres Must Ensure Companion Seating
Posted May 2004
Stadium Style Movie Theatres
Posted May 2000

Other Disability Rights Laws

An Overview of the Air Carrier Access Act
Posted May 2009
Federal Disability Rights Laws as Applied to Native American Tribes
Posted June 2003

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The bulletin is intended to provide technical assistance and information on the litigation that is shaping the meaning of the ADA and other laws and should not be used or viewed as a tool to dispense legal advice. The mission of the Southwest ADA Center is to promote proactive compliance with the ADA in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Based at ILRU (Independent Living Research Utilization), a program of TIRR in Houston, Texas,Southwest ADA Center is funded by National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation and Research, an agency of the Department of Education, under grant #H133D010210, to provide information, materials, and technical assistance on the ADA. NIDRR and Southwest ADA Center are not responsible for enforcing the ADA or any other disability law.

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