The Supreme Court Sidesteps Ruling in a Disability Rights Case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sidestepped a ruling on whether a disability rights campaigner can sue hotels for failing to disclose accessibility information if she doesn’t plan to book a room.

The case, involving activist Deborah Laufer, could have curtailed the ability of “testers” to bring lawsuits to benefit the disabled community as a whole by ensuring hotels comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, known as the ADA.

But in a 9-0 ruling, the first of the court’s term that started in October, the justices in an opinion authored by Amy Coney Barrett concluded that the case was moot because Laufer has since dropped her lawsuit.

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