Legal Opinion
Wormley v. Arkla, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided September 26, 1994No. PB-C-94-1PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SUSAN WEBBER WRIGHT, District Judge.
This case involves coverage under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“the ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. Both sides have moved for summary judgment on whether the plaintiff, Anthony Wormley, was a disabled individual within the coverage of the ADA. The central issue in determining coverage is the definition of a “current drug user.” Persons engaging in the “current” illegal use of drugs are not “individuals with a disability” when the covered entity (in this case, the defendant-employer Arkla) acts on the basis of such use.…
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