Supreme Court Upholds Congress' Ability to Protect People from Disability Discrimination by States in 'Tennessee vs. Lane'
U.S. Newswire, May, 2004
WASHINGTON, May 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On May 17, the U.S. Supreme Court decided 'Tennessee vs. Lane' (02-1667), holding that title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) properly gives private citizens the right to seek monetary damages in court if a state fails to make its judicial services accessible.
The Lane case attracted national attention last year when the Supreme Court agreed to review Congress' authority to prohibit disability-based discrimination by states. The State of Tennessee invoked its sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution when it was sued by several individuals with disabilities, including a person in a wheelchair who had to crawl up two flights of stairs to participate in court proceedings and who was jailed...
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