Pace International Law Review Volume 17 Issue 1 Spring 2005 Article 6 April 2005 Claims by Non-Citizens under the Americans with Disabilities Act: Proper Extraterritorial Application in Torrico v. International Business Machines Michelle Shender Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/pilr Recommended Citation Michelle Shender, Claims by Non-Citizens under the Americans with Disabilities Act: Proper Extraterritorial Application in Torrico v. International Business Machines, 17 Pace Int'l L. Rev. 131 (2005) Available at: https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/pilr/vol17/iss1/6 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Law at DigitalCommons@Pace. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pace International Law Review by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Pace. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. CASENOTE CLAIMS BY NON-CITIZENS UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: PROPER EXTRATERRITORIAL APPLICATION IN TORRICO V. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Michelle Shendert I. Introduction ....................................... 131 II. History of ADA's Extraterritorial Application and the Law Today .................................... 134 III. Presentation of Case .............................. 144 IV . Analysis ........................................... 152 V . Conclusion ......................................... 157 I. INTRODUCTION The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq., 1 (ADA) protects the civil rights of disabled indi- viduals by making it unlawful to "discriminate against a quali- fied individual with a disability because of the disability... in regard to job application procedures, the hiring, advancement, or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment."2 Specifically, Title I of the ADA requires an employer to provide "reasonable accommodations" 3 for a "qualified individual's" 4 im- pairments or limitations unless doing so would cause an "undue t The author received her J.D.