Supreme Court of the United States, Syllabus: Tennessee v. Lane et al.

May 17, 2004 Supreme Court of the United States, Syllabus: Tennessee v. Lane et al. Respondent paraplegics filed this action for damages and equitable relief, alleging that Tennessee and a number of its counties had denied them physical access to that State's courts in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), which provides: .[N]o qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation or denied the benefits of the services, programs or activities of a public entity,. 42 U. S. C. 12132. After the District Court . . .