· 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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