PENNSYLVANIA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS v. YESKEY

No. 97-634.

524 U.S. 206 (1998)

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ET AL. v. YESKEY

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Tufano argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Syndi L. Guido.

Donald Specter argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Eve H. Cervantez and Arlene B. Mayerson.

Irving L. Gornstein argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. On the brief were Solicitor General Waxman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Lee, Deputy Solicitor General Underwood, Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Jessica Dunsay Silver, Linda F. Thome, and Seth M. Galanter.*

Scalia, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.


Justice Scalia, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question before us is whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 104 Stat. 337, 42 U. S. C. § 12131 et seq., which prohibits a "public entity" from discriminating against a "qualified individual with a disability" on account of that individual's disability, see § 12132, covers inmates in state prisons. Respondent Ronald Yeskey...

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