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· 8/20/2001

M. Pam Davis v. University of North Carolina, at Wilmington Robert E. Tyndall, ph.d.

Citations

  • 263 F.3d 95
  • 12 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 243
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 18757

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining in dicta that in the context of academic eligibility requirements and disability challenges, this court “generally accord[s] great deference to a school’s determination of the qualifications of a hopeful student”
  • “[T]he Medical School identified professionalism as a fundamental goal of its educational program, and it required that students demonstrate professional behavior and attitudes prior to graduating.”
  • “[T]he Medical School identified professionalism as a fundamental goal of its educational program, and it required that students demonstrate professional behavior and attitudes prior to graduating.”
  • “[A] person is ‘regarded as’ disabled within the meaning of the ADA if a covered entity mistakenly believes that the person’s actual, nonlimit-ing impairment substantially limits one or more major life activities.”

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Judges: Widener, Traxler, Gregory

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