On Friday of last week, I presented to the Minnesota CLE Health Law Institute in Minneapolis on working with disabled clients and disabled attorneys. One of the cases that came up is the one that we are going to be talking about this week, Battle v. state of Tennessee, here, decided by the Middle
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Retaliation, Sovereign Immunity, and Title I
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Today’s blog entry is going to be a short one. One of the issues we have discussed quite a bit in a variety of contexts is sovereign immunity. What happens when the claim is retaliation and sovereign immunity is involved? Does sovereign immunity get forcibly waived in that situation? A case answering this question is…
Retaliation and Sovereign Immunity
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Normally, as you all know, I don’t blog on more than one case in a week. However, I will be out of town the first part of next week, and I generally prefer to get blog entries up at the beginning of the week. I am also headed out of town the following week as…
2023 Understanding the ADA Greatest Hits
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I hope those that celebrated had a happy Hanukkah. Merry Christmas, happy new year, and happy holidays to everyone.
Today’s blog entry is my top 11 or so for the year. As is my past practice, I have included important blog entries that do not make the list . Most of those though were…
Forget About Suing for Personal Injuries Where a Federal Courthouse is Inaccessible
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Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, a couple of housekeeping matters. First, my daughter comes home from her first semester freshman year Thursday evening. It is a long break for her. We do have travel plans the week after Christmas. There are also a few days in January before she goes…
ADA Mandates Deaf Access to the Criminal Justice System
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Posted in 1983, 504, ADA, Constitutional law, Federal Cases, Final Federal Regulations, Rehabilitation Act, Title I, Title II
Before we get to the blog entry of the week, a housekeeping matter. I will be out of the office from Friday evening and returning late Tuesday. So, a blog entry for the week after this will come up later in that week rather than earlier to middle of the week as is usually the…
A Pair of Related Doctrines and a Big Win for Persons with Disabilities
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Posted in 504, ADA, Constitutional law, Federal Cases, Rehabilitation Act, State Cases, Title I, Title II, Title III, Title V
Today’s blog entry is a discussion of two related cases. The comes from the first case comes out of the 11th Circuit. It is Behr v. Campbell, here, and it discusses the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. That decision is a published decision decided on August 12, 2021. The second decision is Lund v. Cowan,…
A Federal Judge Calls Out Ableism
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I was thinking of blogging on the Seventh Circuit case where the Seventh Circuit held that the ministerial exception does not apply to hostile work environment claims. As sometimes happens, another labor and employment law blogger, this time Amy Epstein Gluck of Fisher Broyles, beat me to the punch, here173172186187117117. Amy did it so…
Sovereign Immunity and Legislative Streaming at the 11th Circuit
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Posted in General
I missed a blog entry last week. However, I had a good excuse. I had pressing client matters at the beginning of the week. In the middle of the week, my parents came in to visit. So, not a lot of available time. I’m back though.
Previously, I have blogged, here, on the…
Indian Tribe Sovereign Immunity and the ADA
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Posted in General
Today’s blog entry takes on the question of what happens if a person with a disability decides they want to have a fun time at an Indian owned casino. However, the Indian owned casino does not accommodate their disability. Can the person with the disability go after the Indian owned casino?
The case of…