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· 5/29/1996

Frances Hankins v. The Gap, Inc.

Citations

  • 84 F.3d 797
  • 5 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 924
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 12307
  • 1996 WL 279575

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that “[t]he EEOC specifically mentions the use of paid and unpaid leave, as a potential form of reasonable accommodation”
  • noting that “an employee cannot make his employer provide a specific accommodation if another reasonable accommodation is instead provided.”
  • stating that “an employee cannot make his employer provide a specific accommodation if another reasonable accommodation is instead provided” (citing Ansonia Bd. of Educ. v. Philbrook, 479 U.S. 60, 68–69 (1986))
  • observing that an employer does not fail to provide a reasonable accommodation when there is more than one accommodation and the employer chooses one that is “less expensive,” “easier to provide,” or an accommodation other than the one the employee prefers
  • “[A]n employee cannot make [the] employer provide a specific accommodation if another reasonable accommodation is instead provided.”
  • “[An] employee cannot make his employer provide specific accommodation if another reasonable accommodation is instead provided.”

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Judges: Lively, Martin, Moore

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