Legal Opinion
Dudley v. Hannaford Bros.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 24, 2003No. 20-1154PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12218 (2000) (the ADA), with a view toward eliminating discrimination against persons with disabilities. That is a laudable policy-but so is the policy of the State of Maine, variously expressed in statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions, that constrains retailers against the profligate sale of alcoholic beverages to inebriates. This difficult case places those policies in tension with each other.
The underlying action arises out of a retailer’s refusal to sell alcoholic beverages to a disabled…
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