United States Ninth Circuit

Disputed issues of fact exist with respect to an employer's obligations under the EEOC regulations concerning the "direct threat" defense under the ADA, 42 U.S.C. section 12113.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/23/2003
• Published 07/23/2003

Judges

• Before REINHARDT, TROTT, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Larry Minsky, Cerritos, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant., Dori K. Bernstein, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, urging reversal., Craig E. Stewart, Pillsbury Winthrop, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Western Occupational and Environmental Medical Association, and California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, urging affirmance.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jon Kardassakis, Hawkins, Schnabel, Lindahl & Beck, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee Chevron USA Inc.