Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") Archives

RAYTHEON Co. v. HERNANDEZ, 540 U.S. 44 (2003)

Issues: Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA")

540 U.S. 44 (2003) RAYTHEON CO. v. HERNANDEZ No. 02-749.Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 8, 2003.Decided December 2, 2003. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Headnotes AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990. Disparate-Treatment Claim. Ninth Circuit improperly applied a disparate-impact analysis to a disparate-treatment claim brought under […]

San Francisco v. Sheehan, 575 U. S. ____ (2015)

Issues: Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), Fourth Amendment, Qualified Immunity

United States Supreme Court 135 S.Ct. 1765 (2015) CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ET AL. v. SHEEHAN, (2015) No. 13-1412 Argued: March 23, 2015????Decided: May 18, 2015 Syllabus Respondent Sheehan lived in a group home for individuals with mental illness. After Sheehan began acting erratically and threatened to kill her social worker, the […]