Legal Opinion
Sepúlveda-Villarini v. Department of Education
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 10, 2010No. 08-2283, 09-1801PublishedCited by 294 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOUTER, Associate Justice.
The issue in each of these consolidated cases is the sufficiency of the complaint to state a claim for failure to accommodate an employee’s disability as required by Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111-12117, and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794. The district court dismissed each under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. We vacate and remand.
It takes nimble footwork to reach that exact issue. The appellants in these suits, Israel Sepúlveda-Villarini (Sepulveda) and Marta…
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