Hamilton v. Westchester Cnty.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “a short-term injury can qualify as an actionable disability under the ADA” (emphasis in original)
• acknowledging that just because an impairment lasting less than six months can constitute a disability does not mean such an impairment will constitute a disability
• clarifying that \the substantial-limitation requirement in the definition of 'disability' is not an exacting one\
• explaining that on a motion to dismiss “[w]e accept as true all factual allegations and draw from them all reasonable inferences; but we are not required to credit conclusory allegations or legal conclusions couched as factual allegations.”
• explaining that on a motion to dismiss courts “accept as true all factual allegations and draw from them all reasonable inferences; but … are not required to credit conclusory allegations or legal conclusions couched as factual allegations”
• joining other circuits in recognizing that the ADAAA overrode previous case law indicating that temporary impairments could not qualify as disabilities under the ADA

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).