Legal Opinion
Bates v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 10, 2006No. 04-17295PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERZON, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns whether United Parcel Service (UPS) may categorically exclude individuals from employment positions as “package-car drivers” because they cannot pass a United States Department of Transportation (DOT) hearing standard that does not apply to the vehicles in question. A class of UPS employees and applicants unable to pass the DOT hearing standard — a class we refer to throughout this opinion as “Bates” (the last name of the original class’s lead plaintiff) — contends that this policy violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§…
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