Gil v. Winn-Dixie, 11th Circuit Decision on Web Access and the ADA

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On April 7, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Gil v. Winn-Dixie that websites operated by businesses are not “places of public accommodation” under Title III of the ADA. Gil’s inability to access the Winn-Dixie website, due to his blindness, therefore, was not in violation of the ADA. In the court’s opinion, the company’s website, without a point of sale, did not present an “intangible barrier” to Gil’s shopping for goods and services at Winn-Dixie’s physical stores.

Resources

• Episode 1: Resources: Gil v. Winn-Dixie, 11th Circuit Decision on Web Access and the ADA
• Southeast ADA Center Court Decision Brief: Gil v. Winn-Dixie
• Peter Blanck, e-Quality: The Struggle for Web Accessibility by People with Cognitive Disabilities (Cambridge University Press, 2014).

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