Civil Rights - Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Prohibition of Public Entity Discrimination against Qualified Individual with a Disability - Application to Inmates in State Prisons

Authors

Ryan M. Debski

Abstract

The United States Supreme Court held that Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which prohibits a public entity from discriminating against a qualified individual with a disability on account of that individual's disability, applies to inmates in state prisons.

Pa. Dep't of Corrections v. Yeskey, 118 S.Ct. 1952 (1998).

First Page

659

Recommended Citation

Ryan M. Debski, Civil Rights - Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Prohibition of Public Entity Discrimination against Qualified Individual with a Disability - Application to Inmates in State Prisons, 37 Duq. L. Rev. 659 (1999).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol37/iss4/7