March 03, 2005

Update: NCL Accessibility

The legal battle makes the news:

  • Court weighs disabled access on cruise ships
    Joan Biskupic, USAToday
    http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-03-01-cruise-ships_x.htm
  • Disabled Traveler Sues Cruise Line: Do Foreign-Flagged Vessels Have to Comply With ADA?
    Kendra Gahagan, ABC News
    http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/Health/story?id=539181&page=1
  • Supreme Court hears class-action lawsuit against Norwegian over handicapped access
    Shawna Gamache, Medill News Service;
    http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/sfl-zcourt01mar01,0,6260636.story?coll=sfla-business-headlines
  • Disabled Cruise Passengers Ask for Justices' Protection
    Linda Greenhouse, New York Times

    http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/01/politics/01scotus.html&OP=4072c046/Q3B)ZQ25Q3BcYQ5BVXYYeQ5DQ3BQ5D!!9Q3B!Q2BQ3B!7Q3BuYQ3DPePQ5BVQ3B!7VQ5BYeQ3AVL@eNQ3D
  • High court takes up cruise case: Justices question applying U.S. laws to foreign ships
    David Ivanovich, The Houston Chronicle
    http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3061985
  • Charles Lane, The Washington Post
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=admin/registration/login&destination=login&nextstep=gather&application=reg30-nation&applicationURL=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61239-2005Feb28.html
  • Tony Mauro, Legal Times (subscription required)
    http://www.law.com/jsp/newswire_article.jsp?id=1109597691013

  • Cruise Line Gets Towed Into Court
    David Savage, The L.A. Times
    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-scotus1mar01,1,1982517.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true
  • Supreme Court Considers Disability Law on Foreign Ships
    James Vicini, Reuters
    http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7761751
  • Cruise ship access for disabled at issue
    Pete Yost, The Boston Globe
    http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/01/cruise_ship_access_for_disabled_at_issue/

  • Source:

    http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2005/03/todays_news_tue_4.html

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