Judge Calls Attorneys "Jerks" For Not Making Movies Accessible

On January 13, 2010, in a San Francisco court room, a judge told a movie theater chain "why don't you start doing the right thing instead of being jerks" during oral arguments in an appeal to the 9th federal circuit. The case, Arizona vs. Harkins Amusement Enterprises, is about captioning and audio description of movies in theaters. The movie theater chain had taken the position that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) did not regulate the content of their products or services and they had a choice about what services to provide. More details, including what else the judges said, in the following reports:

Law Offices of Lainey Feingold

Hearing Loss Law

COAT leaders filed in support of the case: NAD, filed an amicus in support of captioning and AAPD, ACB and AFB filed an amicus in support of audio description.

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National Association of Deaf

Submitted by Jenifer Simpson on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 12:42.

National Association of Deaf (NAD) has a great full report on this court case on their website with links to other commentaries on the case. "One Step Closer to Going to the Movies."