News Release
NCD #02-348
February 6, 2002
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov
National Council on Disability Files Supreme
Court Brief in Americans with Disabilities Act Case: Experts Available
for Comment
WASHINGTON--The National Council on Disability (NCD)
filed an amicus brief on February 1 with the U.S. Supreme
Court in Chevron U.S.A. v. Echazabal (No. 00-1406) (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/chevron_amicus.html),
a case involving to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Echazabal is a major case in the Supreme Court's
recent line of ADA cases examining the employment rights of people
with disabilities. The Court will decide whether an employer may
reject a job applicant with a disability who is qualified to do
the job and not a safety risk to others in the workplace, but whose
health condition may be speculatively worsened by the workplace
environment. Oral argument is set for February 27, with a decision
by the Court expected this spring.
NCD's team of experts will be available for comment
following oral argument in Echazabal. They are:
Marca Bristo, NCD chairperson. Ms. Bristo
is the president and chief executive officer of Access Living
of Metropolitan Chicago. She also co-founded and served a two-term
presidency with the National Council on Independent Living. She
can be reached at 312-253-7000.
Jeffrey T. Rosen, NCD general counsel and
director of policy. Mr. Rosen is a former U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission attorney, where he worked as a senior attorney
in the Office of Legal Counsel, Advice and External Litigation
Division. He can be reached at 202-272-2124.
Kathleen A. Blank, NCD senior attorney advisor.
Ms. Blank is a disability civil rights attorney who previously
conducted and coordinated research on federal enforcement of disability
civil rights laws at the Disability Rights Education and Defense
Fund. She can be reached at 202-272-2019.
Peter Blanck, Counsel of Record. Mr. Blanck
is professor and director of the University of Iowa College of
Law, and Law, Health Policy and Disability Center. He can be reached
at 319-335-9043.
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