· 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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