· 10/15/1996
Mayer v. University of Minnesota
Citations
- 940 F. Supp. 1474
- 7 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1551
- 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15481
- 1996 WL 599234
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- holding that both the Rehabilitation Act and the ADA were valid exercises of congressional power and that the University could not assert Eleventh Amendment immunity
- observing that Congress is not prevented “from finding that another class of persons has been subjected to a history of unequal treatment and legislating pursuant to its enforcement powers under the Fourteenth Amendment to protect that class of persons from arbitrary discrimination.”
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Judges: Tunheim
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