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· 9/5/1980

E. E. Black, Ltd. v. Marshall

Citations

  • 497 F. Supp. 1088
  • 23 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1253
  • 1 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 220
  • 1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9342
  • 24 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 31,260

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “one particular job for one particular employee cannot be a, ‘major life activity’ ”
  • providing that a plaintiffs “own job expectations and training must be taken into account” in considering category of jobs from which plaintiff is excluded
  • evaluating the ADA’s identical language to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
  • employer who perceived applicant with congenital back anomaly as poor risk for heavy labor regarded employee as substantially limited in his ability to work
  • \We are . . . persuaded that the meaning of the term `employment' in [Or. Rev. Stat. S] 659.400(2)(a) is not at either end of the spectrum.\
  • plaintiff suffered from a congenital back anomaly, a partially sa-cralized transitional vertebra, that made him a poor risk for heavy labor

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Judges: Samuel P. King

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