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Supreme Court Declines to Review Ninth Circuit Decision in Robles v. Domino’s, Exposing Businesses to More Website Accessibility Lawsuits
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on October 7, 2019
Posted in Title III Access, Website
By Minh N. Vu
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Supreme Court Leaves the Ninth Circuit’s Robles v. Domino’s decision intact, dashing businesses’ hope for some relief from website accessibility lawsuits.
The Supreme Court today issued its much anticipated decision on Domino’s Pizza’s Petition for Certiorari in the Robles v. Domino’s website accessibility case, and it is not good news for businesses. The Supreme Court declined to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision holding that (1) Title III of the ADA covers websites with a nexus to a physical place of public accommodation, and (2) imposing liability on businesses for not having an accessible website does not violate the due process rights of public accommodations even in the absence of website accessibility regulations. The denial of certiorari means the case will go back to the District Court to be litigated on the merits. We predict the case will settle soon after remand.
Business groups had hoped that the [...]