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O’Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC, dba O'Reilly Auto Parts v. Brian Bell
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 18-2164 · judgment August 21, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to permit employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their jobs. Here, the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held an employee can establish a claim for failure to accommodate even if they can perform their job without accommodation. The Question Presented is: Does the ADA require employers to provide accommodations to employees who do not need them?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
John Marcher Morris
Higgs, Fletcher & Mack
For respondent
Allan Keith Townsend
Employee Rights Group
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jun 14 2021Petition DENIED.
- May 25 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/10/2021.
- May 19 2021Reply of petitioner O’Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC filed.
- May 10 2021Brief of respondent Brian Bell in opposition filed.
- Mar 24 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 10, 2021.
- Mar 23 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 5, 2021 to May 10, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 01 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 5, 2021)