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32 Mental & Physical Disability L. Rep. 1 (2008)

handle is hein.journals/menphydis32 and id is 1 raw text is: A Publication of the American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law Alex J. Hurder, J.D., Chairperson Carol E. Dinkins, Board of Governors Liaison Mary A. Cavallini, Associate Executive Director Robert M. Horowitz, Director, Professional Services Division Editorial Advisory Board Michael E. Waterstone, J.D., Associate Professor of Law, Loyola Law School Los Angeles (Chair) David M. Bergman, J.D., Director of Legal and Government Affairs, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Daniel B. Kohrman, J.D., M.P.A., Senior Attorney, AARP Foundation Litigation Anju M. Khubchandani, M.A., Director, Disability Issues Office, American Psychological Association Martha E. Ford, J.D., Director of Legal Advocacy, The Arc of the United States Sheridan L Neimark, BSChE, J.D., Autism Society of America Ira A. Burnim, J.D., Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law William J. Edwards, J.D., Deputy Public Defender, County of Los Angeles Gary P. Gross, J.D., Director, Jeanne A. Carpenter Epilepsy Legal Defense Fund, Epilepsy Foundation Mark A. Cody, J.D., Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service, Inc. Marc P. Charmatz, J.D., National Association for the Deaf Law and Advocacy Center Wendy E. Parmet, J.D., Matthews Distinguished University., Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law Robert N. Herman, J.D., Senior Advocacy Attorney, Paralyzed Veterans of America David M. English, J.D., W.F. Fratcher Missouri Endowed Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Columbia Alex J. Hurder, J.D., Clinical Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School Michael A. Stein, J.D., Ph.D., Cabell Research Professor, William & Mary Law School Staff Editor-in-Chief, John W. Parry Managing Editor, Amy L Allbright Staff Writers, Amy L. AlIbright, F. Philips Gilliam, Jr. Contributing Writers, Marc P. Charmatz, Samantha A. Crane, Jeanne A. Dooley, F. Philips Gilliam, Jr., Angela M. Greene Jennifer Kirby, Catherine A. Messina, Susan J. Pannell, Mary C. Vargas, Kimberly Murphy White Researcher, F. Philips Gilliam, Jr. Subscriptions Manager, Michael J. Stratton Marketing and Production Coordinator, Caroline J. Cherry Intern, Ariel A. Martinez The Mental & Physical Disability Law Reporter, ISSN #0883-7902, is published bimonthly (six times per year) by the American Bar Association, 321 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60610- 4714. Subscription price for institution, agency, library, law firm and foreign subscribers is $384; personal subscription rate is $324. Copyright © 2008 by the American Bar Association (USPS 399-530). Periodicals postage paid at Chicago, IL and additional mailing offices. Postmaster Send address changes to Mental & Physical Disability Law Reporter, ABA, 740 15th St., N.W., 9th Fl., Washington, DC 20005-1022. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the policies of the American Bar Association or of the organizations represented on the Editorial Advisory Board unless specifically adopted as such. Research performed on Westlaw compliments of West Group. MENTAL & PHYSICAL DISABILITY LAW REPORTER Vol 32 No 1 4- January February 2008 4- www.abanet.org/disability CONTENTS -+o Directory of Cases & Legislation ............ 2 *o H ighlights .............................. 6 *o Special Feature .......................... 9 *o Case Law Developments ................. 16 *° Summary U.S. Supreme Court Actions ..... 143 *. Legislation & Regulations ............... 144 4- Subject Key Numbers ................... 146 2008 PAUL G. HEARNE AWARD FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS Since 1998, the American Bar Association's (ABA) Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law has been pleased to present the Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights. Each year, an award is presented to an individual who, or an organization that, has performed exemplary service in furthering the rights, dignity, and access to justice for people with disabilities. The 2008 award will be presented at the ABA's 2008 Annual Meeting in New York City. The Starbucks Coffee Company, the corporate sponsor of the Hearne Award, will give the recipient a $1,000 honorarium and pay for the recipient's travel expenses. The Commission is currently accepting nominations for the 2008 award. Access our nomination form at www.abanet. org/disability/award/form.shtml. For questions, contact William J. Phelan at phelanw@staff.abanet.org or 202.662. 1576. Nominations must be postmarked by April 1, 2008. January February 2008 32:1 MPDLR

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