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PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin

United States Supreme Court

532 U.S. 661 (2001)

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Casey Martin (plaintiff), a professional golfer with a disability making it very difficult to walk between shots, sought a preliminary injunction allowing him to use a golf cart in PGA Tour (defendant) events after the Tour refused to waive its walking rule; the district court granted the injunction, and the Ninth Circuit affirmed, holding a golf course is a place of public accommodation under the ADA and that cart use would not fundamentally alter tournament play.

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Whether the use of a golf cart by a professional golfer at a PGA Tour event fundamentally alters the tournament.

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