1. Tennessee v. Lane
... a way may bring suit and seek damages, including from states themselves. They brought suit to both the state of Tennessee and twenty five individual counties contending that the operation of courthouses inaccessible to individuals with disabilities is in violation of Title II of said act. Lane is seeking 100,000 dollars in damages for humiliation and embarrassment. Beverly Jones is demanding 250, ... the right to, "enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article- as well as the damage remedy of Title II; thus abrogating Tennessee's state sovereign immunity by making ...
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