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· 5/12/1998

Una Aline Gantt v. Wilson Sporting Goods Company

Citations

  • 143 F.3d 1042
  • 8 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 308
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 9456
  • 73 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45,370
  • 77 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 436
  • 1998 WL 232946

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that an employee who is unable to “meet the attendance requirements of the job at issue cannot be considered a ‘qualified’ individual protected by the ADA.”
  • pointing out that the employer is not required to speculate as to the extent of the employee’s desire or need for an accommodation
  • \[T]here is now considerable doubt as to whether a claim of age discrimination may exist under a disparate-impact theory\ (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • “[TJhere is now considerable doubt as to whether a claim of age discrimination may exist under a disparate-impact theory” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • “An employee who cannot meet the attendance requirements of the job at issue cannot be considered a ‘qualified’ individual protected by the ADA.”
  • “Reasonable accommodation does not require the employer to wait indefinitely for an employee’s medical condition to be corrected”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Suhrheinrich, Cole, Bell

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