· 12/26/1996
Cleo Love v. Westville Correctional Center
Citations
- 103 F.3d 558
- 7 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 436
- 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 33631
- 1996 WL 736468
How courts have described this case
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- acknowledging standard of intentional discrimination for compensatory damages under the RHA and implicitly applying same standard to ADA claim
- acknowledging standard of intentional discrimination for compensatory damages under the RHA and implicitly applying same standard to ADA claim
- upholding award of damages in ADA case where jury found intentional discrimination
- upholding decision that prison 6 violated ADA and RA by failing to provide reasonable accommodations to quadriplegic inmate, 7 which denied him access to commissary, educational programs, work programs, etc.
- assuming, because of prison's concession at oral argument, that the ADA applies to prisons
- noting the ADA’s “reasonableness requirement must be judged in light of the overall institutional requirements. Secu- rity concerns, safety concerns, and administrative exigencies would all be important considerations to take into account” (citation omitted)
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Judges: Posner, Rovner, Wood
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