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Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc., 527 U.S. 471 (1999), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1999. The Court decided that mitigating measures should be taken into account when determining whether one's impairment constitutes a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
Disability Rights Law: Roots, Present Challenges, and Future Collaborations - Disability rights and legal aid lawyers must collaborate to fix the damage caused by the US Supreme Court’s decisions narrowing the protections and remedies for people with disabilities. Clearinghouse Review, Vol. 41, Nos.5-6, Sept-Oct 2007.
Jessica Sarah Tisch (born February 21, 1981) is an American public administrator serving as the 48th New York City Police Commissioner since November 2024. Previously, she served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Sanitation from 2022 to 2024, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications from 2019 to 2022, and as Deputy ...
NEW YORK -- Yet another scandal is rocking the New York City Police Department. Jeffrey Maddrey, the department's highest-ranking uniformed officer, resigned Friday night after a bombshell ...
Police reform. Another measure sure to draw a lot of attention is in Minneapolis where voters are deciding whether to replace the city’s police force with a department of public safety.. It is ...
The History of the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Movement Perspective. Available online at the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund website; O'Brien, Ruth, ed. Voices from the Edge: Narratives about the Americans with Disabilities Act. New York: Oxford, 2004. ISBN 0-19-515687-0; Pletcher, David and Ashlee Russeau-Pletcher.
Lt. Quathisha Epps will retire just shy of 20 years with the department, sources said — an early exit that will impact her pension and cost her a $12,000-a-year supplement for cops who reach the ...
The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325, ADAAA) is an Act of Congress, effective January 1, 2009, that amended the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and other disability nondiscrimination laws at the Federal level of the United States.