· 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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