United States Second Circuit

In ADA cases in which the employer has allegedly discriminated by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation, plaintiff must still show that plaintiff's disability played a motivating role in, or contributed to, the employer's decision.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/04/2001
• Decided 08/03/2001
• Published 08/03/2001

Judges

• CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:, Before: WINTER, CALABRESI, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stanley N. Futterman, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lauren Reiter Brody, (Frances K. Browne, on the brief), Rosenman & Colin LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.