Russel H. Beatie, Jr. v. City of New York Rudolph Giuliani, Mayor, Mayor of the City of New York Council of the City of New York

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• finding that it is not the “role of courts to speculate whether the evils proposed to be ameliorated by the law could have been better regulated in some other fashion.”
• \[A] finding that [a plaintiff] has a disability ... must be made on an individualized basis.\
• “To uphold the legislative choice, a court need only find some ‘reasonably conceivable state of facts that could provide a rational basis’ for the legislative action.”
• \[A]n activity qualifies under the statutory definition as one of the major life activities contemplated by the ADA if it is relatively more significant or important than other life activities.\
• restrictions on cigar smoking are rationally related to the legitimate government interest of protecting the health of nonsmokers
• “To uphold the 34 1 legislative choice, a court need only find some ‘reasonably conceivable state of facts that could 2 provide a rational basis’ for the legislative action.”

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