National Federation of the Blind et al v. Target Corporation

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Memorandum in Opposition re 16 First MOTION to Dismiss Amended Complaint filed byNational Federation of the Blind, Bruce Frank Sexton, the National Federation of the Blind of California. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Denying Target's Motion to Dismiss# 2 Request For Judicial Notice# 3 Declaration of Camilla L. Roberson# 4 Exhibit A# 5 Exhibit B# 6 Exhibit C)(Paradis, Laurence) (Filed on 6/12/2006)

National Federation of the Blind et al v. Target Corporation

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DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES 2001 Center Street, Third Floor Berkeley, CA 94704-1204 [phone] 510.665.8644

LAURENCE W. PARADIS (California Bar No. 122336) MAZEN M. BASRAWI (California Bar No. 235475) DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES 2001 Center Street, Third Floor Berkeley, California 94704 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] TTY: [phone] TODD M. SCHNEIDER (California Bar No. 158253) JOSHUA KONECKY (California Bar No. 182897) SCHNEIDER & WALLACE 180 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone] TTY: [phone] DANIEL F. GOLDSTEIN (pro hac vice) BROWN, GOLDSTEIN & LEVY, LLP 120 E. Baltimore St., Suite 1700 Baltimore, MD 21202 Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND, the NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF CALIFORNIA, on behalf of their members and all others similarly situated, and BRUCE F. SEXTON, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. TARGET CORPORATION Defendant. Case No.: C 06-01802 MHP CLASS ACTION [proposed] ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT TARGET CORPORATION'S MOTION TO DISMISS Judge: The Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel

National Federation of the Blind, et al. v. Target Corporation Case No.: C 06-01802 MHP [proposed] Order Denying Defendant Target Corporation's Motion to Dismiss
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DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES 2001 Center Street, Third Floor Berkeley, CA 94704-1204 [phone]

Having considered Defendant Target Corporation's ("Target") Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint and Plaintiffs' Opposition; and good cause appearing, the Court hereby DENIES Target's Motion for the following reasons: 1. plaintiffs have properly pled a claim under the Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§12101, et seq., because Target stores are places of public accommodation and target.com is a service, privilege and advantage of Target stores that is denied to the blind; 2. plaintiffs have properly pled a claim under the Unruh Act, Cal. Civ. Code §§51, et seq., because: (a) Target is a business establishment within the meaning of the Unruh Act and target.com is a service, privilege and advantage that Target denies to the blind; and (b) plaintiffs have properly pled a claim under Title III of the ADA; 3. plaintiffs have properly pled a claim under California's Disabled Persons Act ("DPA"), Cal. Civ. Code §§54, et seq., because: (a) Target stores are public accommodations within the meaning of the DPA and target.com is a privilege, service and advantage of Target stores that is denied to the blind; (b) target.com is a public place within the meaning of the DPA that is denied to the blind; and (c) plaintiffs have properly pled a claim under Title III of the ADA; 4. The Commerce Clause of the Constitution of the United States, U.S. Const. art. I, §8, cl. 3, does not bar the application of the Unruh Act and DPA to target.com.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _____________, 2006

________________________________ HONORABLE MARILYN H. PATEL United States District Court Judge

National Federation of the Blind, et al. v. Target Corporation Case No.: C 06-01802 MHP [proposed] Order Denying Defendant Target Corporation's Motion to Dismiss