Carparts Distribution Center, Inc. v. Automotive Wholesaler's Association of New England, Inc.

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 trade association which administers a health insurance program, without any connection to a physical facility, can be a “place of public accommodation”
• holding that “public accommodation” includes “providers of services which do not require a person to physically enter an actual physical structure,” like “travel services [that] conduct business by telephone”
• holding that when a third party exists solely for the purpose of enabling entities to delegate their responsibility, the third parties are so intertwined with those entities that they must be deemed an employer for purposes of the ADA
• holding that Title III is not limited to physical structures
• holding Title Ill’s definition of “public accommodation” was not limited to physical structures, and therefore encompassed a health benefits plan
• determining that “service establishments” under the ADA include providers of services which do not require actual physical structure

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).