Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams

E560320

Americans with Disabilities Act case United States Supreme Court case court case

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court case that narrowly interpreted the definition of "disability" under the Americans with Disabilities Act, prompting Congress to later broaden that definition through the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Americans with Disabilities Act case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ court case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	disability discrimination ⓘ labor and employment law ⓘ
arguedDate	2001-11-07 ⓘ
citation	122 S. Ct. 681 ⓘ 151 L. Ed. 2d 615 ⓘ 534 U.S. 184 ⓘ
concernsStatute	42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedFor	overly restrictive interpretation of disability ⓘ
decidedInYear	2002 ⓘ
decisionDate	2002-01-08 ⓘ
decisionType	unanimous decision ⓘ
docketNumber	00-1089 ⓘ
employmentContext	assembly line work at an automobile manufacturing plant ⓘ
geographicContext	Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCourt	Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	United States federal law ⓘ
hasPetitioner	Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRespondent	Ella Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
holding	Inability to perform specific job-related manual tasks is not sufficient by itself to establish a disability under the ADA. ⓘ The impairment’s impact must also be permanent or long term to qualify as a disability under the ADA. ⓘ To be substantially limited in performing manual tasks, an individual must have an impairment that prevents or severely restricts activities that are of central importance to most people’s daily lives. ⓘ
impact	narrowed coverage of individuals considered disabled until statutory amendment ⓘ prompted congressional clarification of the ADA’s definition of disability ⓘ
influenced	enactment of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 ⓘ
interpretsTerm	disability under the ADA ⓘ major life activities ⓘ substantially limits ⓘ
involvesParty	Toyota Motor Corporation affiliate in Kentucky ⓘ
keyIssue	scope of major life activity of performing manual tasks ⓘ whether the respondent was disabled within the meaning of the ADA ⓘ
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ
laterInterpretedBy	federal courts applying the ADA prior to 2009 ⓘ
legalSubject	Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 NERFINISHED ⓘ employment discrimination law ⓘ
lowerCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ
opinionBy	Justice Sandra Day O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ
overruledByStatute	ADA Amendments Act of 2008 NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedentialStatus	binding precedent on federal courts prior to ADA Amendments Act of 2008 ⓘ
proceduralPosture	review of a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ
relatedTo	ADA Amendments Act of 2008 NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	made it more difficult for plaintiffs to qualify as disabled under the ADA ⓘ narrowed the definition of disability under the ADA ⓘ

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Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 → respondsTo → Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams ⓘ