ADA Mootness
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Mootness – the Kraken of ADA defenses
For ADA Title III cases mootness devours or destroys, or choose your word the claims of the plaintiff because under Title III the only relief available to the plaintiff is an injunction requiring the defendant to remove whatever architectural or communication barriers might exist. If there are no barriers then there is nothing useful the Continue reading
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Quick Hits – If you’re going through hell edition.
Dante’s hell was a complicated place, as this map by Botticelli suggests. Although Rodney Atkins’ advice “if you’re going through hell, keep on going” appears sound, winding through all the complexities of the ADA and FHA can seem like descending through all nine levels of hell. Nonetheless, I’m happy to act on a temporary basis Continue reading
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ADA and FHA Quick Hits – Not quite President’s Day edition part 1
The last six weeks have seen some important or at least interesting decisions under the Fair Housing Act and Title III of the ADA. If there is any common thread, it is that courts in general seem increasingly reluctant to give serial plaintiffs the benefit of the doubt on dubious pleadings while some judges continue Continue reading
