John Doe v. County Of Centre

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “the protections found in the ADA and [RA] are interpreted similarly”
• observing that City of Newport “stands for the proposition that municipalities, and more broadly, state and local governmental entities, are immune from punitive damages” under § 1983
• using City of Newport to analyze whether municipalities were immune from punitive damages in suits brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act
• rejecting a ripeness challenge where allegedly discriminatory conduct had already occurred
• permitting associational discrimination claims under Title II of the ADA by parents of an adopted child who was HIV-positive and noting- “the protections found in the ADA and in the Rehabilitation Act are interpreted similarly, and, in this case, are identical.”
• “The protections of the ADA extend to ‘qualified individuals’ who are discriminated against because of their relationship or association with individuals who have a known disability.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).