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.  

-- 
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