Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams

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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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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 ⓘ