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FORD v. SCHERING-PLOUGH CORP.

No. 96-5674.

145 F.3d 601 (1998)

Colleen V. FORD, Appellant, v. SCHERING-PLOUGH CORPORATION; Schering Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen S. Binetti (Argued) Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge, NJ, for Appellant Colleen V. Ford.

Robert J. Gregory (Argued), Washington, DC., for Amicus-Appellant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Corrie L. Fischel, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, DC, for Amicus-Appellee Equal Employment Advisory Council.

Patricia A. Dunn, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for Amicus-Appellee American Council Life Insurance.

Ronald S. Cooper, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC, for Amicus-Appellee Association of Private Pension And Welfare Plans Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Thomas F. Campion (Argued) John D. Clemen, Shanley & Fisher, Morristown, NJ, for Appellee Schering Plough Corporation.

Allen I. Fagin, Aaron J. Schindel, Ronald S. Rauchberg, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, Allan M. Marcus, (Argued) Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Law Department One Madison Avenue New York City, Sondra M. Hirsch, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Rutherford, NJ, for Appellee Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

Before: MANSMANN, COWEN and ALITO, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

COWEN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the purely legal question of whether a disparity between disability benefits for mental and physical disabilities violates the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990(ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. (1994). The plaintiff-appellant, Colleen Ford, sued her employer, Schering-Plough Corporation (Schering), and the carrier of Schering's group insurance policy, Metropolitan Life Insurance...

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