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Handicap Legislation, Todd J. Sanders
Handicap Legislation, Todd J. Sanders
Mercer Law Review
On July 26, 1990, amid both a great deal of celebration and predictions of disaster, President Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"). Although many commentators have written about the ADA's employment discrimination provisions, they have given relatively little attention to Title III of the ADA. Title III concerns public accommodations and transportation systems such as railroads, buses, and demand responsive forms of transportation. The ADA's purpose is to make public accommodations more accessible to persons whom the ADA defines as disabled. Title III requires more than reserving handicapped parking spaces and building ramps for …
Employment Discrimination, Peter Reed Corbin, John E. Duvall
Employment Discrimination, Peter Reed Corbin, John E. Duvall
Mercer Law Review
In what no doubt will prove to be the calm before the storm, the number of cases decided in the area of employment discrimination during the 1990 survey period decreased significantly, both in the United States Supreme Court and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The decline in the number of Supreme Court pronouncements is not surprising, since the succession of landmark cases decided in the previous two years was truly remarkable, and such a pace realistically could not have continued. It also appears as if the Eleventh Circuit held back, waiting to see whether …