Yes I agree Dominos pizza pizza sucks. However I’m glad Guillermo got his 15
minutes of fame.
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On Nov 15, 2019, at 9:43 AM, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, that's good. I'm amazed. I do have to admit that I stopped reading
the Braille Monitor years ago. I used to read it dutifully in braille, when
it arrived each month. At some point, maybe around 2010, I began losing
interest. It appears in my inbox and I just delete it. I think I just stopped
feeling any real connection with ACB.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] From the November Braille Monitor
Frankly, I much prefer pizza from Papa Murphy's.
Carl Jarvis
United States Supreme Court Denies Petition from Domino’s Pizza
by Chris Danielsen
From the Editor: Chris Danielsen is our energetic director of public
relations, and he writes this short follow-up to the article in the October
issue entitled “Accessibility and Accountability: Drive-by Lawsuits Leave
Pothole-size Problems.” In that piece Chris mentioned the request by Domino’s
Pizza that the Supreme Court declare that the Americans with Disabilities Act
did not apply to the internet. Here is his recounting of what just
happened:
In last month’s Braille Monitor, we mentioned a petition pending before the
United States Supreme Court brought by Domino’s Pizza.
Domino’s had filed what
is legally known as a petition for certiorari, or “cert petition,”
which is a legal document asking the Supreme Court to review a lower court’s
ruling.
Each year the Supreme Court hears a select group of cases drawn from such
petitions. Domino’s wanted the Supreme Court to overrule a decision by the
Federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Judicial Circuit, based in California.
That ruling had affirmed the right of a blind man, Guillermo Robles, to sue
the company under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because he
couldn’t use its website to order a pizza. Domino’s argued that the Supreme
Court should put an end to such lawsuits by ruling that the ADA does not
apply to websites, or, if the court wasn’t willing to go that far, to at
least rule that it was unfair to allow such lawsuits in the absence of
federal regulations setting accessibility standards. So far, the United
States Department of Justice, which enforces the ADA, has declined to issue
such regulations. Obviously, any ruling along the lines Domino’s wanted would
have made it much harder, or perhaps impossible, for the National Federation
of the Blind and others to bring ADA claims regarding inaccessible websites.
The Monitor went to press before Monday, October 7, the “first Monday in
October” that begins each Supreme Court term. Thus, it was unclear at the
time whether the Supreme Court would take the case. On that exact first
Monday, the Supreme Court issued an order denying the petition. This means
that the ninth circuit’s ruling stands and that Mr. Robles’ case will go
forward. More importantly, it means that for now the ability to bring website
claims under the ADA remains intact.