GREAT FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS v. JOHNSON

No. 99-640.

26 P.3d 734 (2001)

305 Mont. 200

2001 MT 95

GREAT FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Petitioner and Respondent, v. Les JOHNSON, o/b/o Amanda Johnson, and the Montana Human Rights Commission, Respondents and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted January 21, 2001.

Decided June 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Gallagher, Montana Advocacy Program, Missoula, MT, Kevin Braun, Special Assistant Attorney General, Helena, MT, for Appellants.

Charles R. Johnson, Marra, Wenz & Johnson, P.C., Great Falls, MT, for Respondent.

Elizabeth A Kaleva, Montana School Boards Association, Jeffrey A. Weldon, Geralyn Driscoll, Office of Public Instruction, Helena, MT, for Amicus Curiae.


Justice TERRY N. TRIEWEILER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 The Appellant, Les Johnson, originally brought this action before the Montana Human Rights Commission. Johnson alleged, on behalf of his daughter, that the Great Falls School District discriminated against Amanda Johnson by failing to provide adequate physical access to Great Falls High School. Following a hearing, the Hearings Examiner for the Human Rights Commission concluded that the Great...

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