Barry owns a small software development firm. Barry hasan employee who needs special accommodations in order to be able toperform the functions of his job. These accommodations would cost$10000; an amount Barry believes is more than he should have tospend. The Americans with Disabilities Act provides that anemployer is required to make reasonable accommodations for anemployee with a disability but does not define what constitutes areasonable accommodation. Assume that size of the employer (bysome measure) determines the maximum amount that would beconsidered reasonable for a particular employer to spend. Under theprinciples of stare decisis which of the following istrue?