| Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc. | |
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| Argued April 28, 1999 Decided June 22, 1999 | |
| Full case name | Karen Sutton and Kimberly Hinton, Petitioners v. United Air Lines, Inc. |
| Docket no. | 97-1943 |
| Citations | 527 U.S. 471 (more) |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Subsequent | Overturned by Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 |
| Holding | |
| Mitigating measures should be taken into consideration when determining whether an impairment constitutes a disability under the ADA. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Justice O'Connor |
| Concurrence | Justice Ginsburg |
| Dissent | Justice Stevens, joined by Justice Breyer |
| Laws applied | |
| Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | |
Superseded by | |
| ADA Amendments Act of 2008 | |
Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc., 527 U.S. 471 (1999), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1999. The Court decided that mitigating measures should be taken into account when determining whether one's impairment constitutes a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The holding of this case was later overturned by the passage of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.[1][2]
- ^ Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc., 527 U.S. 471 (1999)
- ^ "Questions and Answers about the Department of Justice's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Implement the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008". archive.ada.gov. Retrieved September 7, 2023.