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Dogs in the dorms

The Justice Department has sued the University of Nebraska-Kearney and its regents and employees for allegedly “denying reasonable accommodation requests by students with psychological or emotional...

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Judge: blind plaintiff can sue landlord, guide-dog provider over fall

A judge has ruled that an elderly Manhattan woman can sue her landlord and a guide-dog provider over a fall she suffered on a step at her building. Gloria Clark argues that her earlier guide dogs had...

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Feds sue housing co-op for not allowing “comfort dog”

In 2005 Jack and Sandra Biegel purchased a unit in Long Island’s Woodbury Gardens, which had a no-pet policy. The next year they acquired a miniature schnauzer to assist with Sandra’s multiple...

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“Ex-Worker Sues City Over Service Dog For Paprika Allergy”

“A former city worker is suing Indianapolis after she claims the city failed to accommodate the service dog she needs due to her severe allergy to paprika.” The city had already removed certain foods...

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Disabled rights roundup

Window office, transfer over more qualified candidates: “5 reasonable accommodations an employer never dreamed it would have to make” [Robin Shea] Rep. Lungren [R-CA] introduces ADA notification bill...

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“Does Cabbie’s Fear of Dogs Trump Requirement to Allow Service Dogs?”

In Connecticut, disability vs. disability: “A cab driver who claims he suffers from cynophobia (a fear of dogs) and who refused to pick up a blind customer with a service dog has filed a federal...

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“‘Donations’ to state agency let landlords avoid charges”

Between 2006 and 2011 the Iowa Civil Rights Commission engaged in a practice of filing housing discrimination charges against landlords, which it would then settle through “donations” that went...

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“University settles student’s lawsuit over emotional-support guinea pig for...

Kendra Velzen had a note from a doctor prescribing the companionship of the rodent, but Grand Valley State University outside Grand Rapids, Mich. nonetheless resisted her request to keep the guinea pig...

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“Student Who Sued GVSU Over Campus Pet Rule Honored”

First the complaint, then the money, now the public accolade: as we noted last month, student Kendra Velzen filed a complaint — and got a $40,000 settlement — after administrators at Grand Valley State...

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Claim: depriving service dogs of graduation caps, gowns violated rights

Texas: “Two students say [their federally protected service-animal] rights were violated when the Denison Independent School District ordered them to remove the caps and gowns their service dogs were...

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Discrimination law roundup

Litigious anti-feminist loses case alleging that Manhattan club’s expensive bottle service for old men, free drinks for young women violate bias law [NY Mag, NYDN] “Hospital cannot ban all service...

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Service animal scams now “epidemic … across the country”

Marcie Davis, founder of International Assistance Dog Awareness Week, noted that ordinary pets passed off as service dogs — often with fake badges, vest, or papers bought off the internet — disrupt...

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March 13 roundup

Claimed prison guard punched him in face: “Man convicted in Chicago-area mass murder awarded $500,000″ [WHAS, ABA Journal] Ken White “immediately repulsed and enraged” by Mayer-Brown-repped suit...

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Disabled rights roundup

Blockbuster “web accessibility” issue, with potential for massive disruption of online life, continues to drag on without action in Washington despite urgings from academics; but at Ninth Circuit’s...

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It’s an emotional-support alpaca, so let us in

Author Patricia Marx decided to brazen her way through New York restaurants, museums, high-end fashion shops, and other institutions with five “un-cuddly, non-nurturing animals” such as a turtle,...

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February 5 roundup

In November I wrote in Jurist on a Third Circuit panel’s refusal to order that sports great Jim Thorpe be disinterred and reburied under provisions of the Native American Graves Protection and...

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ADA: Service dog vs. cabbie’s dog-phobia

“The law requires cab drivers to allow service dogs. A cabbie has dog phobia. Who wins under the ADA? (Hint: Woof.)” [Daniel Schwartz, Connecticut Employment Law Blog] Tags: service animals, taxis and...

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Disabled rights roundup

Per The Economist, long-awaited Justice Department rules decreeing ADA accessibility for websites (earlier here, here, etc.) expected any day now, “in June. For example, each picture must have text...

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“The chickens have taught our kids a lot of life lessons”

Don’t talk to us of permits, those are our therapy chickens [Maplewood, Minn.; KMSP] Tags: land use and zoning, Minnesota, service animals “The chickens have taught our kids a lot of life lessons” is a...

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September 30 roundup

“In reality, government officials often have strong incentives to mandate warnings that are misleading or flat-out wrong” [Ilya Somin] George Akerlof and Robert Shiller’s analysis of consumers as...

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