Legal Opinion
Brooke v. Peterson
District Court, C.D. California
Decided May 13, 2016No. Case Nos. SACV 16-0435 AG (DFMx), SACV 16-0618 AG (DFMx), SACV 16-0665 AG (KESx), SACV 16-0738 AG (AGRx)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Proceedings: [IN CHAMBERS] ORDER DISMISSING CASES FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
ANDREW J. GUILFORD, District Judge
1. Initial Impressions
Plaintiff Theresa Brooke has filed several cases in this district — over ninety by the Court’s last count — alleging that hotels in the Orange County area are violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) by not having pool lifts in their pools or Jacuzzi tubs. Some of those cases, captioned above, were assigned to this Court. Congress passed the ADA “to provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimination against individuals…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by5 opinions
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