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RICHARDSON v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Nos. 17-3508 & 18-2199.

926 F.3d 881 (2019)

Mark RICHARDSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 12, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor E. Muzzy , Sherrie E. Voyles , Attorneys, JACOBS, BURNS, ORLOVE & HERNANDEZ, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff Appellant.

Irina Y. Dmitrieva , Attorney, CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Daniel B. Kohrman , Attorney, AARP FOUNDATION LITIGATION, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS and AARP FOUNDATION.

Barry Charlton Taylor , Attorney, EQUIP FOR EQUALITY, INCORPORATED, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae OBESITY ACTION COALITION.

Sue-Ann Rosen , Attorney, METRA, CHICAGO REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae NORTHEAST ILLINOIS REGIONAL COMMUTER RAILROAD CORPORATION, d/b/a METRA.

Kimberly A. Ross , Attorney, FORD HARRISON LLP, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF DEFENSE TRIAL COUNSEL.

Bryan P. Neal , Attorney, THOMPSON & KNIGHT LLP, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY.

Before Flaum, Kanne, and Scudder, Circuit Judges.

Mark Richardson, a former Chicago Transit Authority ("CTA") bus operator, alleged CTA took adverse action against him because of his extreme obesity in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213, as amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 ("ADAAA"), Pub. L. No. 110...

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