Opinion ID: 167284
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Heading: Statutory Language at Issue

Text: The ADA provides: 3 No individual shall be discriminated against on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of specified public transportation services provided by a private entity that is primarily engaged in the business of transporting people and whose operations affect commerce. 4 42 U.S.C. § 12184(a). There is no dispute that the Cab Companies are subject to this provision. The ADA defines discrimination as including: 5 the purchase or lease by such entity of a new vehicle (other than an automobile, a van with a seating capacity of less than 8 passengers, including the driver, or an over-the-road bus) . . . that is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities . . . 6 42 U.S.C. § 12184(b)(3). Discrimination also includes: the purchase or lease by such entity of a new van with a seating capacity of less than 8 passengers, including the driver, which is to be used to provide specified public transportation and for which a solicitation is made after the 30th day following the effective date of this section that is not readily accessible to and usable by such individuals. . . . 7 42 U.S.C. § 12184(b)(5). 8 Here, DRAC argues that the word new means a vehicle manufactured after the effective date of the ADA. Aplt. Br. at 29; see also Pub.L. No. 101-336 § 310 (effective dates of Title III). The Cab Companies argue that new means not previously used. The Cab Companies operate vehicles and/or vans that seat eight or more passengers that have been previously used, Aplee. Supp.App. at 4-5; at least some of the cab companies operate vans (seating capacity unknown) that were manufactured after the effective date of the ADA. Aplt.App. at 41-42.