Amos v. Maryland Dept. of Public Safety, No. 96-7091 (4th Cir.) (178 F.3d 212) (June 24, 1999) (Judge J. Calvitt Jr. Clarke)
Loaded on July 1, 1999
published in Punch and Jurists
July 26, 1999
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On remand from the Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit reluctantly concluded that the application of the ADA and the rehabilitation Act to state prisons was a proper constitutional exercise of Congress' enforcement powers under the 14th Amendment.
The court expressed "reservations" about the "far-reaching and serious implications for …
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