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· 11/10/2011

Field v. Napolitano

Citations

  • 663 F.3d 505
  • 25 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 673
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 22655
  • 44 NDLR 54

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the ATSA precluded a TSA security screener from bringing suit under the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 791 et seq.
  • collecting other circuit decisions arriving at the same conclusion prior to the enactment of the WPEA
  • “ATSA plainly precludes security screeners from bringing suit under certain of the federal employment statutes … including the Rehabilitation Act.”
  • “The language of the ATSA makes clear that [airport security screener] has no cause of action under the Rehabilitation Act.”
  • “Every circuit to address the issue has agreed that the language of the ATSA plainly 1 Castro v. Sec’y of Homeland Sec., 472 F.3d 1334, 1337 (11th Cir. 2006) (per curiam
  • “‘[T]he use of . . . a “notwithstanding” clause clearly signals the drafter’s intention that the provisions of the “notwithstanding” section override conflicting provisions of any other 19 See id. § 16A-3-2(a)(1)(A

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Judges: Lynch, Chief Judge, Howard and Thompson, Circuit Judges

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