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· 4/1/1998

Anderson v. Department of Public Welfare

Citations

  • 1 F. Supp. 2d 456
  • 9 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 375
  • 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4924
  • 1998 WL 154654

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the ADA is a “congruent and proportional response to unconstitutional discrimination against disabled individuals,” thereby preventing Pennsylvania from using the Eleventh Amendment immunity as a defense to ADA claims made by private citizens in federal court
  • finding the Disabilities Law Project to be “extremely qualified” to represent class in Section 504 case
  • in ADA class action, “[census] statistics tending to show that joinder would be impracticable may be sufficient to satisfy Rule 23(a)(1)”

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Judges: Kauffman

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