Sergio Rendon v. Valleycrest Productions, Ltd.

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• holding that plaintiffs stated Title III claim because intangible barrier \deprive[d] them of the opportunity to compete for [a] privilege of\ defendant's public accommodation
• holding that Title III applied to “fast-finger” telephone audition because 12 it effectively blocked access to the public space of the studio in which the game show was filmed
• noting that some courts require a nexus between the challenged service and the premises of the public accommodation
• concluding the plaintiffs stated a claim that a game show's telephone screening system violated Title III and explaining in dicta that plaintiffs had shown a nexus between the discriminatory telephone screening and the physical theater in which the game show was recorded
• “Title III encompasses a claim involving telephonic procedures that, in this case, tend to screen out disabled persons from participation in a competition held in a tangible public accommodation.”

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