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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

How courts have described this case

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

  • 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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