EDWARDS v. ILLINOIS BD. OF ADMISSIONS TO BAR

No. 00-2146

261 F.3d 723 (2001)

Suzanne EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS BOARD OF ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR; Richard J. Prendergast, in his official capacity as President of the Illinois Bar; Character and Fitness Committee of the Second Judicial District; and L. Lee Perington, in his official capacity as Chairman of the Committee on Character and Fitness for the Second Judicial District, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 22, 2001


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen G. DeNigris (argued), Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William T. Cahill, David R. Nordwall (argued), Cahill, Christian & Kunkle, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Harlington WOOD, Jr., KANNE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Suzanne Edwards, plaintiff-appellant, alleges that the defendants-appellees violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act by asking her to release all of her medical records detailing her treatment for depression as part of the process of reviewing her application for admission to the Illinois Bar. She also challenges the defendants' practice of making the disclosure of all treatment by mental health professionals a precondition to...

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