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ADA and 504 as an Alternative to §1983 in Excessive Force Cases

By William Goren on November 18, 2025
Posted in 1983, 504, ADA, Federal Cases, Rehabilitation Act, Title II

When the Federal Bar Association national convention was held in Kansas City Missouri, I was part of a panel that explored outside the box uses of the ADA. One of the panelist, Jamie Strawbridge, talked about how the ADA/504 can be an alterative to excessive force §1983 cases. The case of the week explores exactly…

Police liability for ADA/fourth amendment violations comes to the Supreme Court

By William Goren on December 1, 2014
Posted in ADA, Constitutional law, Federal Cases, Title II

It has been awhile since the United States Supreme Court dealt with an ADA question. A fact I am happy with as predicting what the United States Supreme Court does with an ADA question is impossible since the ADA does not break down along traditional liberal conservative lines.

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William Goren is one of the country’s foremost authorities on the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Since 1990, he has been advising on ADA compliance as both an attorney and professor—of which during his time as a full-time academic at various institutions in Chicago, he won numerous teaching awards and achieved tenure.

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