Legal Opinion
Reeves ex rel. Reeves v. Jewel Food Stores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 17, 2014No. 13-3782PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Sean Reeves, who has Down syndrome, sued his former employer, Jewel Food Stores (“Jewel”), for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq. Reeves alleged that Jewel had discriminated against him because of his disability in violation of the ADA. He also claimed that Jewel had denied him a reasonable accommodation. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Jewel on Reeves’ discrimination claim and dismissed the failure-to-accommodate claim.
I. Background
Jewel Food Companies, a supermarket chain, employed Sean Reeves as a…
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