Legal Opinion
Bartlett v. New York State Board of Law Examiners
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 3, 1997No. 93 Civ. 4986(SS)PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER
OPINION
SOTOMAYOR, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This case, tried to the bench in 21 days of testimony accompanied by exhibits and briefs aggregating to more than 5000 pages, principally devolves to the meaning of a single wordi — substantially—as used in the Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213 (1995) and the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701-796 (1985) (“Section 504” or the “Rehabilitation Act”). Both Acts define a disability as “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of’ an…
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