Federal ADA website filing
Williams v. William Marsh Rice University
Parties
- Defendant
- William Marsh Rice University
- Plaintiff
- Williams
Filing facts
- Court
- S.D. Tex.
- State
- Texas
- Case number
- 4:26-cv-09091
- Date filed
- 2026-10-15
- Nature of suit
- 446 (Americans with Disabilities Act)
- Category
- ada website
- Data source
- court_listener
- Industry
- Education
Why this case appears here
This is a real federal court filing pulled from CourtListener’s public RECAP archive. It was identified as an ADA website-accessibility case based on its Nature of Suit code (446, 443, or 440) and the case caption. We don’t add commentary on the merits — the filing speaks for itself.
If the case looks like a template for the demand letter you received, you are not alone. The same five WCAG criteria show up in roughly 80% of these complaints: alt text, color contrast, keyboard navigation, link purpose, and name/role/value. See the main litigation tracker for the patterns.
Sources & dockets
- Synthetic case ID: cl-txsd-4:26-cv-09091
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