Ekstrand v. School District’s Empirical Analysis
583 F.3d 972 · 2009
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 12112 (§ 102 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders · Beck v. University of Wisconsin Board of Regents · Bultemeyer v. Fort Wayne Community Schools · Brooms v. Regal Tube Co. · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[O]ur cases have consistently held that disabled employees must make their employers aware of any nonobvious, medically necessary accommodations with corroborating evidence such as a doctor's note or at least orally relaying a statement from a doctor, before an employer may be required under the ADA's reasonableness standard to provide a specific modest accommodation the employee requests.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“evidence showing not only her attempt to engage in an interactive communication process with”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“isolate the cause of the breakdown and then assign responsibility.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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