In a case decided several months before the Supreme Court's ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colo. Civ. Rights Comm'n, 138 S.Ct. 1719 (2018), the Hawai...
The Ninth Circuit held that websites are public accommodations within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12101, (and the California Unruh Civil Rights Act, Cal. Civ. Code §51) and must be made accessible to blind persons through screen reading technology. ...
Most states find landlords liable to tenants injured in leased premises if the landlord acted negligently. That rule impose a duty on the landlord to act reasonably to avoid dangerous conditions in the premises that are leased. State housing codes and the implied warranty of habitability also place duties of repair and maintenance...
The Texas Supreme Court held that the owner of a right of first refusal was not too late in asserting it because the statute of limitations did not start running until the owner knew or reasonably could have known that the right had been triggered. ...
A Massachusetts court held that a landowner was not entitled to have a jury determine whether a wetlands protection bylaw constituted a regulatory taking. ...