Foreword
When a major piece of legislation is passed, the Federal court system often becomes involved in interpreting and applying that law to individual cases. If the bill is a significant piece of civil rights law like the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), the court battles can be particularly fierce and drawn out.Since ADA went into effect in 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided 16 cases under the law’s three major sections: Title I, covering employment discrimination; Title II, covering the activities of State and local governments; and Title III, covering the accessibility of public accommodations to the disabled. The…
