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Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America v. University of Michigan

2:07-cv-11702 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 17, 2007

Closed Date: 2013

On April 17, 2007, the Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America (MPVA) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§12131 et seq. (ADA), against the University of Michigan. The complaint alleged that the University was discriminating against disabled members of the Plaintiff group and others similarly situated by denying them equal access to seating at the University of Michigan Football Stadiu…
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Ault v. Walt Disney World Co.

6:07-cv-01785 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2007

Closed Date: 2013

On November 9, 2007, three named plaintiffs with mobility impairments limiting their ability to walk filed this class action against Walt Disney World. They requested certification of a class of individuals who 1) suffered from a mobility disability, 2) relied upon a Segway PT for assistance with their mobility, and 3) had visited or intended to visit a Disney theme park. They brought suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, alleging that Disney’s policy agai…
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Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition v. Fey Concert Company

1:97-cv-01586 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: July 23, 1997

Closed Date: 1998

On July 23, 1997, patrons of a concert venue who use wheelchairs for mobility, their relatives, and an advocacy group filed a class action in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against the owners and operators for obstructing wheelchair seating areas. Specifically, Plaintiffs claimed that though the state-of-the-art concert venue had a capacity of 18,000, the wheelchair seating area accommodated only about 20 wheelchairs. The plaintiffs complained that this area …
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Williams v. Denver

1:99-cv-01193 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 24, 1999

Closed Date: 2005

On June 24, 1999, plaintiffs, all persons who use wheelchairs for mobility, filed suit against a Denver city amphitheater in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, claiming discrimination in provision of parking accommodations. The defendant, the City and County of Denver, operated the Red Rocks concert amphitheater in Denver. According to the Third Amended Complaint - the only one publicly available - filed on August 24, 2000, the plaintiffs alleged that the parking facilities a…
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[Out of court: Illinois Attorney General settlement with AMC Theatres]

Not applicable | No Court

Filed Date: 2012

In 2012, AMC Theaters operated 41 theaters in Illinois, with a total of 460 movie theater screens, few if any of which were fully accessible to patrons who were blind, visually impaired, deaf, or hard-of-hearing because they lacked captioning and visual description technology. At the time, AMC was in the process of converting all but three of the auditoriums to feature digital projectors. On April 4, 2012, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a Settlement Agreement between the Illin…
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Shields v. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts US

2:10-cv-05810 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 21, 2010

Closed Date: 2015

On May 21, 2010, two annual pass holders at Disneyland in Anaheim, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles, against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts US, Inc., and related companies (Disney), under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12131, et seq. (ADA), the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code §51, et seq., and the California Disabled Persons Act, California Civil Cod…
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National Association of the Deaf v. Netflix

3:11-cv-30168 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 16, 2011

Closed Date: 2016

The National Association of the Deaf, Western Massachusetts Association of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, and a deaf Massachusetts resident belonging to both organizations, brought this case under the Americans with Disabilities Act against Netflix. The plaintiffs alleged that by failing to provide closed captioned text to its on-demand movie and television streaming service known as "Watch Instantly," Netflix failed to provided full and equal access to the deaf and hard of hearing. The lawsuit…
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Cinemark Audio Description Settlement

NA | No Court

Filed Date: 2012

Closed Date: 2012

In this out-of-court settlement, in September 2012, blind moviegoers and the California Council for the Blind reached an agreement with Cinemark, a large movie theater chain, after a complaint about the inaccessibility of Cinemark's movies. Cinemark agreed to install audio description, which provides vocal description of key visual aspects of a movie, such as scenery, facial expressions, costumes, action settings, and scene changes, during pauses in dialogue. The description is provided by movi…
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Kurlander v. Kroenke Sports & Entertainment

1:16-cv-02754 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 2016

On November 10, 2016, the plaintiff, a deaf Colorado woman, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiff sued Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, LLC—the company which manages the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO—on behalf of herself and all Pepsi Center patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing. The plaintiff, represented by the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center, sought declaratory and injunctive relief on the basis that the Pepsi Center, by failing…
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Blanks v. AMC Entertainment

4:16-cv-00765 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2016

Closed Date: April 21, 2019

On February 16, 2016 two California organizations—the California Council of the Blind and the Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired—and four individuals with visual impairments filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs alleged that AMC Entertainment violated Title III of the ADA (42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.) by not providing the proper headsets to accommodate its blind patrons. Some plaintiffs claimed they had been denied …