The court of appeals vacated a judgment of the district court. The court held, en banc, that when an Americans with Disabilities Act plaintiff has suffered an injury-in-fact by encountering a barrier related to his disability, he has standing to sue for injunctive relief as to that barrier and other unencountered barriers related to his disability at a particular public accommodation, even if he was not deterred from returning to the public accommodation by the unencountered barriers.
Byron Chapman was unable to walk unassisted. He required the use of a motorized wheelchair when traveling in public. Chapman sued a Pier 1 Imports store in Vacaville, California, in the district court, alleging that some of the store’s architectural features denied him full and equal enjoyment of the premises in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
