Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc.

Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc.
Argued April 28, 1999
Decided June 22, 1999
Full case nameKaren Sutton and Kimberly Hinton, Petitioners v. United Air Lines, Inc.
Docket no.97-1943
Citations527 U.S. 471 (more)
ArgumentOral argument
Case history
SubsequentOverturned 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
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
MajorityJustice O'Connor
ConcurrenceJustice Ginsburg
DissentJustice 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Superseded by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]

  1. ^ Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc., 527 U.S. 471 (1999)
  2. ^ "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.

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