Legal Opinion
Doug Wander v. Jack S. Kaus Irene B. Kaus
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 20, 2002No. 01-15116PublishedCited by 208 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge.
Doug Wander appeals the district court’s dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction of his disability discrimination 14533 claims under the California Disabled Person’s Act (DPA). We hold today that there is no federal-question jurisdiction over a lawsuit for damages brought under California’s Disabled Person’s Act, even though the California statute makes a violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act a violation of state law. Congress intended that there be no federal cause of action for damages for a violation of Title III of the ADA. To…
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