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In my experience as a wheelchair user, Southwest is one of the best airlines
to fly. I bet that they will soon make their site accessible, not because
they are being sued but because they seem like a great company that will do
what's right.
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Ramon Castillo
-----Original Message-----
From: Schmetzke, Axel [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 3:41 PM
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Subject: FW: South West Airlines ADA Website Accessibility Case
Dismissed
Bad legal news (forwarded from other listserv)
Axel Schmetzke
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
-----Original Message-----
From: Gregg Vanderheiden [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 12:52 PM
To: Uaccess-L (Uaccess-L)
Subject: FW: SW Airlines ADA Website Accessibility Case Dismissed
NOTABLE CASES
02-CV-21734-SEITZ - - Access Now, Inc. & Robert Gumson v. Southwest
Airlines, Co.
Order granting defendant's motion to dismiss* (10/18/2002)
<<Access Now vs. SW Airlines (October 2002).pdf>>
COURT DISMISSES ADA WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY CASE
A federal court in Florida has dismissed a lawsuit which
sought to require Southwest Airlines to amend its website to
ensure that it was compliant with the Americans with
Disabilities Act. The court ruled that southwest.com is not
a "place of public accommodation" since that definition
requires a physical place and thus does not fall within the
statute. Case is Access Now v. Southwest Airlines.
Decision available at
http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/default.asp?file=cases/index.html
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