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· 5/29/2002

Shapiro v. Township of Lakewood

Citations

  • 292 F.3d 356
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 10302
  • 2002 WL 1087137

How courts have described this case

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

  • mere fact that employee applied for transfer by letter rather than by formal application did not excuse employer from obligation to engage in interactive process under ADA
  • not addressing a best- qualified policy but rejecting the argument that reassignment as a reasonable accommodation involves nothing more than letting an employee apply for a vacant position like any other applicant
  • providing a useful summary of the Barnett framework

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Judges: Alito, Rendell, Hall

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