Jennifer Wood Carol Wood W.B. Wood v. The President and Trustees of Spring Hill College in the City of Mobile

How courts have described this case

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

• holding, in disability discrimination context, that academic institutions are entitled to deference in their determination of qualifications for their programs
• noting that “intentional discrimination” is a “lesser requirement” than “discriminatory animus”
• noting that “intentional discrimination” is a “lesser requirement” than “discriminatory animus”
• decided before Ferguson, applying bad-faith standard to compensatory damages available under Rehabilitation Act, and suggesting that discriminatory animus jury instruction may constitute error
• “Proof of intentional discrimination is necessary before a plaintiff may recover compensatory damages under Title II of the ADA.”
• “[C]ompensatory damages are precluded in cases of unintentional discrimination, but are permissible on a showing of intentional discrimination.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).