Supreme Court· 4/29/2002
US Airways, Inc. v. Barnett
Citations
- 535 U.S. 391
- 122 S. Ct. 1516
- 152 L. Ed. 2d 589
- 2002 U.S. LEXIS 3034
- 2002 Daily Journal DAR 4636
- 12 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1729
- 70 U.S.L.W. 4285
- 15 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 225
- 67 Cal. Comp. Cases 424
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- holding that \the [ADA]'s silence about the exempting effect of neutral rules\ favored finding no exemption from reasonable accommodation requirement even when accommodations interfered with employer's neutral seniority system
- holding that “the [ADA]’s silence about the exempting effect of neutral rules” favored finding no exemption from reasonable accommodation requirement even when accommodations interfered with employer’s neutral seniority system
- holding that a plaintiff must notify her employer that she is disabled and desires accommodation
- recognizing that the lowers courts have unanimously found that collectively bargained seniority trumps the need for reasonable accommodation
- holding that “summary judgment is available ... where there is no genuine dispute that the employer has engaged in the interactive process in good faith.”
- holding that in the run of cases reassignment is a reasonable accommodation, but is generally unreasonable if the reassignment would violate “the rules of a seniority system”
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Judges: Breyer, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg
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