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DISABILITY SCOOP: Supreme Court Sides With Family In Service Dog Case

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An update on a popular court case regarding the allowance of a service animal in a school.  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals should reconsider whether the student and her family can sue a Michigan school district for its decision years ago to tell the student, who has cerebral palsy, that she couldn’t bring her service dog to school.  In October, the family argued that they shouldn't need to exhaust administrative remedies under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act before suing under a separate law involving access to public institutions.  The court agreed, and sent it back to the lower court to decide.

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