 The plaintiff, National Federation of the Blind (NFB), sued Target Corporation, a national retail chain, claiming that blind people were unable to access much of the information on the defendant's website, nor purchase anything from its website independently.A series of unsuccessful negotiations were commenced between the NFB and Target Corporation in May 2005, which continued until January 2006.In May 2005, the NFB wrote to Target, asking for it to make its website accessible to people who are blind.