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· 9/14/1995

James Siefken v. The Village of Arlington Heights, an Illinois Corporation

Citations

  • 65 F.3d 664
  • 4 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1441
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 26010
  • 1995 WL 544794

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Siefken is not asking for an accommodation; he is not asking the Village to change anything. He is asking for another chance.... But the ADA does not require this.”
  • “When asked what accommodation Siefken would request, his counsel replied, ‘A second chance.’ But this is not an accommodation . . . .”
  • While the Rehabilitation Act and ADA prohibit discrimination, they do not “erect an impenetrable barrier around the disabled [plaintiff].”
  • ADA does not require employer to rescind discipline for misconduct

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Posner, Manion, Kanne

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