Michael H. Vartanian v. State Bar of California, et al.
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Is opposition to a violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) that turns upon a reasonable mistake of law protected conduct under the statute's anti-retaliation provision?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Is opposition to a violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) that turns upon a reasonable mistake of law, such as belief that an attempt to violate the ADA is prohibited under the ADA, protected conduct under the statute’s anti-retaliation provision, 42 U.S.C. § 12203 (a)? 2. Does Title II of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12132, which prohibits discrimination by public entities based on disability, constitute a valid exercise of Congress’s § 5 authority to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment, as it applies to the regulation of attorneys? 3. To comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2), must a complaint recite nonconclusory allegations asserting each of the facts, whose proof must be established to prevail at trial? i STATEMENT OF RELATED CASES * Michael H. Vartanian v. The State Bar of California et al., No. 5:18-cv-00826, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Judgment entered June 6, 2018. * Michael H. Vartanian vy. State Bar of California; Northwestern California University School of Law, No. 18-16084, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Judgment entered December 11, 2019. i