Legal Opinion
Reed v. Lepage Bakeries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 5, 2001No. 00-1966PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Manuella Reed was fired by LePage Bakeries for insubordination and threatening her supervisor. Reed says her conduct should be forgiven because she is mentally ill, disabled within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act. She sues on the claim that her termination resulted from LePage’s failure to reasonably accommodate her disability and hence was discriminatory. The district court granted summary judgment against Reed. Reed appeals, and the EEOC has filed an amicus brief on her behalf on the issue of the allocation of burdens of proof in ADA reasonable…
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