The Supreme Court on June 12 ruled unanimously in favor of an epileptic student who sued a Minnesota school district, alleging the school illegally denied special accommodations.
The 9–0 opinion in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools was written by Chief Justice John Roberts.
The decision reverses a federal appeals court ruling that rejected the student’s claims under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act, which also provides protections for disabled individuals.
The new Supreme Court ruling does not resolve the lawsuit itself, but allows the student to move forward with the stalled legal proceeding.
The student, known as A.J.T. and by her first name, Ava, suffers from Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, a rare kind of epilepsy, according to the family’s petition….