Today’s blog entry will discuss the oral argument in Acheson Hotels v. Laufer, which took place on October 4, 2023. We previously mentioned the appellate case here (links to the blog entries therein). The two categories of this blog entry are questions from the Justices and thoughts/takeaways. Of course, the reader is free to focus
Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman
At the Supreme Court: Talevski and Laufer
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Today’s blog entry deals with a couple of goings-on at the United States Supreme Court. The first is the Supreme Court decision in Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski, here. In this case, the Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, held that violations of the federal law dealing with nursing home…
Is ADA Title II, III Tester Standing a Thing Anymore?
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Posted in 1983, ADA, Constitutional law, Fair Housing Act, Federal Cases, Rehabilitation Act, Title II, Title III
There must be an art to reading what is really going on by the questionings of Justices at oral argument. If there is such an art, I haven’t mastered it yet. Case in point, we previously discussed a case that appeared to raise the question of whether Chevron deference would survive, here. On June…
Internet Accessibility Standing Undoubtedly Headed to Supreme Court
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Posted in 504, ADA, Fair Housing Act, Federal Cases, Final Federal Regulations, Rehabilitation Act, Title III
Consider the same set of facts. Title III’s final implementing contain requirements for hotels to post the availability of accessible hotel rooms, 28 C.F.R. §36.302(e), (don’t get me started on how hotels deal with rooms for Deaf, deaf and HOH customers). Two individuals are self avowed testers that visit websites of hotel to see if…