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· 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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