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Obesity Discrimination and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Courts.
- Discrimination against people with disabilities.
- Actions and defenses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (6 pages, digital, PDF file)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Discusses how obesity is covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and its supporting regulations, which provide nondiscrimination protection for individuals with disabilities. Provides examples of how courts have applied the ADA to obesity discrimination cases.
- Notes:
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- CRS Report.
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Obesity Discrimination and the Americans with Disabilities Act
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- Restricted for use by site license.
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