42 U.S.C. § 12116
Section 12116 · Regulations
This is § 106 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Amended 1 time on record
The circuits are split over this section — Whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to employment discrimination claims
Applied in 80 court decisions — leading case Karen Sutton Kimberly Hintons v. United Air Lines Inc (1999)
Most recently applied in Karen Shields v. Credit One Bank, N.A. (May 2022)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Not later than 1 year after July 26, 1990, the Commission shall issue regulations in an accessible format to carry out this subchapter in accordance with subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5.