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Supreme Court rules disabled prisoners can sue under ADA

Counties and states can be sued for damages by disabled prisoners under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. A paraplegic Georgia prisoner sued the state, challenging the conditions of his confinement under the ADA and Sect. 1983. He claimed that he was confined to his cell for ...

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