United States Sixth Circuit

In an action brought under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, summary judgment to defendant is reversed where the court erred in holding that ADAAG section 4.33.3 requires only that theatres provide disabled patrons with unobstructed views of the screen and failed to give meaning to the word "comparable."

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/20/2003
• Decided 11/06/2003
• Published 11/06/2003

Judges

• Before DAUGHTREY and ROGERS, Circuit Judges;  QUIST, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jessica Dunsay Silver (briefed), Gregory B. Friel (argued and briefed), United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Margaret L. Baskette, U.S. Dept. of Justice Disability Rights Section, Washington, DC., for Appellant., David K. Monroe (briefed), Galland, Kharaschm Greenberg, Fellman & Swirsky, P.C., Jeffrey T. Kubes (briefed), Crisham & Kubes, Chicago, IL, for Nat'l Assn. of Theatre Owners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Laura M. Franze (argued and briefed), M. Brett Burns (briefed), Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Dallas, Texas, for Appellee.