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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Check out this interesting story at the link below. I have also pasted the text of the article into this message for easy access.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/07/dominos-supreme-court.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/07/dominos-supreme-court.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:22.5pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:40.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Supreme Court hands victory to blind man who sued Domino’s over site accessibility<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#747474;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.9pt'>PUBLISHED MON, OCT 7 20199:40 AM EDT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#747474;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.9pt'>UPDATED TUE, OCT 8 20196:31 PM EDT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/tucker-higgins/"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt'>Tucker Higgins</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002F6C;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.45pt'>KEY POINTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#171717'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#171717'>The Supreme Court denied a petition from pizza giant Domino’s on Monday to hear whether its website is required to be accessible to the disabled, leaving in place a lower court decision against the company.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#171717'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#171717'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#171717'>The case was originally brought by a blind man named Guillermo Robles, who sued the pizza chain after he was unable to order food on Domino’s website and mobile app despite using screen-reading software.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#171717'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#171717'>The decision not to grant the case is a loss for the company and a win for disability advocates, who have argued that if businesses do not have to maintain accessible sites, disabled people could be effectively shut out of substantial portions of the economy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#D7E1E4'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=624 height=351 style='width:6.5in;height:3.6562in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D57FB6.36C3E180" alt="GP: Domino's Pizza location"></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>The company’s logo across the front of an awning marks the location of a Domino’s restaurant in Chicago, Illinois.</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#747474'>Scott Olson | Getty Images<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The Supreme Court denied a petition from pizza giant Domino’s on Monday to hear whether its website is required to be accessible to the disabled, leaving in place a lower court decision against the company.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The decision not to hear the case is a loss for the company and a win for disability advocates, who have argued that if businesses do not have to maintain accessible sites, disabled people could be effectively shut out of substantial portions of the economy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The decision from the justices was announced in an <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/100719zor_m648.pdf"><span style='color:#2077B6'>order</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The case was originally brought by a blind man named Guillermo Robles, who sued the pizza chain after he was unable to order food on Domino’s website and mobile app despite using screen-reading software.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Read more: </span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/25/dominos-asks-supreme-court-to-say-disability-protections-dont-apply-online.html"><span style='color:#2077B6'>A blind man couldn’t order pizza from Domino’s. The company wants the Supreme Court to say websites don’t have to be accessible</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Attorneys for Robles argued in court papers that the Americans with Disabilities Act requires businesses with physical locations to make their websites and other online platforms accessible to those with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Robles, writing that the “alleged inaccessibility of Domino’s website and app impedes access to the goods and services of its physical pizza franchises—which are places of public accommodation.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Domino’s urged the Supreme Court to review the decision. By declining to do so, the court’s decision on Monday will leave the ruling in place, meaning Domino’s will have to fight Robles’ accessibility claims in court.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Attorneys for Domino’s, backed by a range of business groups, had argued that the ADA does not apply to online platforms that were not envisioned when the law was passed in 1990. And, they said, no clear rules exist for how to make their platforms properly accessible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Robles’ attorney, Joe Manning, said in a statement Monday that the decision was “the right call on every level.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>“The blind and visually impaired must have access to websites and apps to fully and equally participate in modern society - something nobody disputes,” he said. “This outcome furthers that critical objective for them and is a credit to our society.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Domino’s said in a statement that it was disappointed in the Supreme Court’s decision, but “we look forward to presenting our case at the trial court.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>“We also remain steadfast in our belief in the need for federal standards for everyone to follow in making their websites and mobile apps accessible,” the company said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The lawsuit is one of an increasing number filed over website accessibility in recent years. Last year, more than 2,200 such suits were filed in federal courts, according to the accessible technology firm <a href="https://blog.usablenet.com/2018-ada-web-accessibility-lawsuit-recap-report"><span style='color:#2077B6'>UsableNet</span></a>, nearly tripling the number a year before.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The case is known as Domino’s Pizza v. Guillermo Robles, No. 18-1539.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Tonia Trapp, secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:nfbnewmexicosecretary@gmail.com">nfbnewmexicosecretary@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>