Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Citation
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Parent Document
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal)
- Effective Date
- 2018-03-01
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- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
- Mary Valencia v. City of Springfield, 883 F.3d 959 (2018)
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1,612 charsFinally, “[t]he ‘equal opportunity’ element limits the ac-
commodation duty so that not every rule that creates a gen-
eral inconvenience or expense to the disabled needs to be
modified.” Id.
Instead, the statute requires only accommoda-
tions necessary to ameliorate the effect of the
plaintiff’s disability so that she may compete
equally with the non-disabled in the housing
market. We have enforced this limitation by
asking whether the rule in question, if left un-
modified, hurts “handicapped people by reason
of their handicap, rather than … by virtue of what
they have in common with other people, such as
a limited amount of money to spend on hous-
ing.”
Id. (alterations in original) (quoting Hemisphere Bldg. Co., Inc.
v. Vill. of Richton Park, 171 F.3d 437, 440 (7th Cir. 1999)). In the
context of a zoning waiver, “‘equal opportunity’ means the
opportunity to choose to live in a residential neighborhood.”
Oconomowoc, 300 F.3d at 784.
“The burden is on the plaintiffs to show that the accom-
modation it seeks is reasonable on its face.” Id. at 783. “Once
the plaintiffs have made this prima facie showing, the defend-
ant must come forward to demonstrate unreasonableness or
undue hardship in the particular circumstances.” Id.
This burden-shifting analysis applies to the
“necessary” and “equal opportunity” elements
of the requirement as well, as “a plaintiff is in
the best position to show what is necessary to
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