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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 

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1 LOHIER, Circuit Judge, concurring:

2 I concur fully in the majority opinion.  I write separately to reinforce an

3 important point made by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its

4 amicus brief: A disabled plaintiff can demonstrate that he was qualified for the

5 position under Title VII or the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (the

6 “ADEA”) by showing that he could perform the job with or without a reasonable

7 accommodation.  In other words, he “must show only that he possesse[d] the

8 basic skills necessary for performance of [the] job.”  Slattery v. Swiss Reinsurance

9 Am. Corp., 248 F.3d 87, 91–92 (2d Cir. 2001) (quotation marks omitted).  If this

10 were not the rule, a disabled worker who performed his job with a reasonable

11 accommodation would be unable to establish a prima facie case of discriminatory

12 discharge under Title VII or the ADEA even if he were discharged based on his

13 race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or age.  As the majority opinion

14 implicitly recognizes, Title VII, the ADEA, and the Americans with Disabilities

15 Act together work to foreclose that possibility.

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