LANDIS v. WASHINGTON STATE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

No. 19-36075.

11 F.4th 1101 (2021)

Clark LANDIS; Robert Barker; Grady Thompson; Kayla Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WASHINGTON STATE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STADIUM PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT; Baseball of Seattle, Inc., a Washington corporation; Mariners Baseball, LLC, a Washington limited liability company; The Baseball Club of Seattle, LLLP, a Washington limited liability limited partnership, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad Reynoldson (argued) and Michael Terasaki , Washington Civil & Disability Advocate, Seattle, Washington; Christopher H. Knauf , Alexandra M. Robertson , and Anthony Pinggera , Disability Rights Legal Center, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Stephen C. Willey (argued) and Sarah Gohmann Bigelow , Savitt Bruce & Willey LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Defendants-Appellees.

Stephen A. Hylas (argued) and John D. Maher , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae Disability Rights Organizations.

Concurrence by Judge Bumatay.


OPINION

The question presented is whether spectators using wheelchairs at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington (the Stadium) have adequate sightlines under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as implemented by the Department of Justice's (DOJ) 1996 Accessible Stadiums guidance document.

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