Gutridge v. Clure’s Empirical Analysis
153 F.3d 898 · 1998
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 14 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 12101 (§ 2 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12102 (§ 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12112 (§ 102 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on School Board of Nassau County Florida v. H Arline · United States ex rel. Eichenlaub v. Shaughnessy · Wooten v. Farmland Foods · Aucutt v. Six Flags Over Mid-America, Inc. · Benson v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit major life activities but is treated by the covered entity as constituting such limitation; (2) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of others toward such impairment; or (3) has [no such impairment] but is treated by a covered entity as having a substantially limiting impairment.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“There are two apparent ways in which individuals may fall within this statutory definition: (1) a covered entity mistakenly believes that a person has a physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, or '(2) a covered entity mistakenly believes that an actual, nonlimiting impairment substantially limits one or more major life activities. In both cases, it is necessary that a covered entity entertain misper-ceptions about the individual — it must believe either that one has a substantially limiting impairment that one does not have or .that one has. a substantially limiting impairment when, in fact, the impairment is not so limiting.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"`Major life activities' include `functions such as caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and working.' Sitting, standing, lifting, and reaching are also considered major life activities."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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