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Seventh Circuit Holds That Obesity Alone Is Not a Protected Disability Under the ADA
In a matter of first impression before the court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held in Richardson v. Chicago Transit Authority, Nos. 17-3508 and 18-2199 (June 12, 2019), that obesity is not a protected disability under...
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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,
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