United States Ninth Circuit

Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 USC 12101-12213, does not require an employer to violate the seniority provisions of a collective bargaining agreement to accommodate a disabled employee.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/03/1998
• Decided 01/10/2001
• Published 01/10/2001

Judges

• Before:  ALARCON, O'SCANNLAIN, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kathleen A. McCormac and Carolyn Hunt Cottrell, Schneider & McCormac, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• D. Ward Kallstrom and Gregory D. Wellons, Lillick & Charles LLP, San Francisco, California;  Richard S. Zuckerman, Leonard, Carder, Nathan, Zuckerman, Ross, Chin & Remar, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellees.