Bragdon v. Abbott

Bragdon v. Abbott
Bragdon v. Abbott
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 30, 1998; Decided June 25, 1998
Full case name	Randon Bragdon, Petitioner v. Sidney Abbott, et al.
Citations	524 U.S. 624 (more) 118 S. Ct. 2196; 141 L. Ed. 2d 540; 1998 U.S. LEXIS 4212; 66 U.S.L.W. 4601; 8 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 239; 98 Cal. Daily Op. Service 5021; 98 Daily Journal DAR 6973; 1998 Colo. J. C.A.R. 3268;11 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 726
Case history
Prior	On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Holding
	The Court held that reproduction does qualify as a major life activity according to Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Court membership
	Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor; Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy; David Souter · Clarence Thomas; Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	Kennedy, joined by Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Concurrence	Stevens, joined by Breyer
Concurrence	Ginsburg
Concur/dissent	Rehnquist, joined by Scalia, Thomas; O'Connor (part II)
Concur/dissent	O'Connor
Laws applied
	Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Bragdon v. Abbott, 524 U.S. 624 (1998), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that reproduction does qualify as a major life activity according to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).

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