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Disabled passengers cruise for ADA rights on foreign ships.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-MAY-05
Format: Online - approximately 781 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) apply to cruise ships sailing under foreign flags? The U.S. Supreme Court is considering the question in a case argued earlier this year.

The attorney for three plaintiffs who alleged that a cruise line failed to provide suitable accommodations for their disabilities argued that Congress's intent in enacting the ADA was to allow U.S. citizens with disabilities to fully participate in all aspects of life. The defendant cruise line argued that Congress did not expressly include ships owned by other nations and that forcing them to comply with the act could undermine existing international treaties and rights of sovereignty. (Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd., No. 03-1338 (U.S. argued...

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