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· 10/18/2002

Bachman v. Swan Harbour Associates

Citations

  • 653 N.W.2d 415
  • 252 Mich. App. 400

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a statement by a residential apartment manager to a disabled individual that “ ‘I don’t know who you people think you are but you are not going to get any special treatment here,’ ” constituted direct evidence of discrimination
  • noting that a plaintiff must show that the requested accommodation or modification is necessary for the plaintiff to have an equal opportunity to enjoy the housing of their choice
  • requiring a “causal connection” between protected activity and an adverse employment action
  • “[A]any request that plaintiff made regarding snow removal did not constitute an opposition to a violation of the PWDCRA, but was merely a request for an accommodation.”
  • the plaintiff’s request for snow removal by the defendant landlord “did not constitute an opposition to a violation of the PWDCRA, but was merely a request for an accommodation”
  • the ACA, 42 U.S.C. § 18116, incorporates anti-discrimination provisions of the RA

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Judges: Whttbeck, Fitzgerald, Markey

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