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· 10/19/2023

Cleveland v. McCoy

Citations

  • 226 N.E.3d 1024
  • 2023 Ohio 3792

Syllabus

Aggravated menacing serious physical harm manifest weight of the evidence closing argument. - Trial court erred in failing to afford defendant an opportunity to present closing arguments when the evidence was against the manifest weight of the evidence to support the defendant's conviction for aggravated menacing.

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  • holding that courts should take corrective measures into account when deciding whether a plaintiff is “substantially limited in any major life activity” and thus disabled under the ADA
  • holding that the EEOC guidelines reflected an impermissible interpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and therefore did not warrant judicial deference
  • holding that the EEOC guidelines reflected an impermissible interpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and therefore did not warrant judicial deference
  • holding that the plaintiffs were not substantially limited in any major life activity because plaintiffs severe myopia was correctable with appropriate lenses

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Judges: Keough

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