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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Feb. 7, 2014

Disability rights advocates get mixed results in 9th Circuit ruling

A circuit panel put on hold the advocates' suit to force CNN to aid the hearing-impaired by captioning news videos posted to its website.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Disability rights advocates seeking equal access to cyberspace got mixed results Wednesday from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.


A circuit panel put on hold the advocates' suit to force cable network CNN to aid the hearing-impaired by captioning news videos posted to its website. The panel asked the state Supreme Court to rule on whether the California Disabled Persons Act's reference to ...

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