United States Ninth Circuit

Under 42 USC 12111(4)&(5) of the Americans with Disabilities Act, shareholders of a professional corporation who are actively engaged in running the business of the corporation are "employees" that count in determining whether an employer has the 15 employee minimum.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/26/2001
• Published 11/26/2001

Judges

• Before:  THOMPSON, TASHIMA, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Craig A. Crispin, Portland, Oregon, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven W. Seymour, Samuels Yoelin Kantor Seymour & Spinrad LLP, Portland, Oregon, for the defendant-appellee.