Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc.
| Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc. | |
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| Argued April 28, 1999 Decided June 22, 1999 | |
| Full case name | Karen Sutton and Kimberly Hinton, Petitioners v. United Air Lines, Inc. |
| Docket no. | 97-1943 |
| Citations | 527 U.S. 471 (more) |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Subsequent | Overturned by Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 |
| Holding | |
| Mitigating measures should be taken into consideration when determining whether an impairment constitutes a disability under the ADA. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Justice O'Connor |
| Concurrence | Justice Ginsburg |
| Dissent | Justice Stevens |
| Dissent | Justice Breyer |
| Laws applied | |
| Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | |
Superseded by | |
| ADA Amendments Act of 2008 | |
Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc., 527 U.S. 471 (1999), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court on June 22, 1999. The Court decided that mitigating measures should be taken into account when determining whether one's impairment constitutes a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The holding of this case was later overturned by the passage of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.