Talbot v. U.S. Department of State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing the “longstanding, common-sense principle of law…that employees who are precluded only from doing their specific job, or from working under a specific supervisor, do not have a ‘disability.’”
• recognizing the 10 “longstanding, common-sense principle of law . . . that employees who are precluded only from doing their specific job . . . do not have a ‘disability’”
• concluding the requirement remained and summarizing other circuit cases holding the same
• noting that “the definition of ‘disability’ is not an exacting one”
• affirming grant of summary judgment against plaintiff who alleged disability from migraines that were exacerbated by job-related stress from supervisors’ criticisms
• “Congress instructed courts that the ‘definition of disability shall be construed in favor of broad coverage of individuals’ . . . .” (ellipsis omitted) (quoting 42 U.S.C. § 12102(4)(A))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).