Legal Opinion
Whitfield v. Tennessee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 25, 2011No. 09-6488PublishedCited by 171 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which SUHRHEINRICH and STRANCH, JJ., joined. STRANCH, J. (pp. 262-65), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Jessica Whitfield is blind in one eye and has cerebral palsy. She began working as an administrative secretary with the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (“DMHDD”) on September 4, 2007. She was fired less than six months later and subsequently brought this action alleging unlawful employment discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The district…
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