Legal Opinion
Steve R. Hansen v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 15, 2000No. 99-3952PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Hansen, a mail carrier working out of the Glenview, Illinois post office, sued the Postal Service for failure to accommodate his disability, in violation of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701 et seq. A bench trial resulted in a judgment for the defendant.
Hansen’s work involved first sorting mail for about 4 hours while standing and bending over to pick up the mail to be sorted from piles on the floor or on low shelves; then placing the mail in cases or trays weighing 10 to 15 pounds each and wheeling or carrying the cases to a mail truck and loading them onto the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Hubert Wooten v. Farmland FoodsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Ellen Fjellestad v. Pizza Hut of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Vendetta Jackson v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- Arthur Ozlowski v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- Robert Peters v. City of MaustonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
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