DOE BY K.M. v. KNOX COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

No. 22-5317.

56 F.4th 1076 (2023)

Jane DOE, a student, BY her next friends and parents, K.M. and A.M., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KNOX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 4, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Justin S. Gilbert , GILBERT LAW, PLC, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellant. Amanda Lynn Morse , KNOX COUNTY LAW DIRECTOR'S OFFICE, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Justin S. Gilbert , GILBERT LAW, PLC, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Jessica F. Salonus , THE SALONUS FIRM, PLC, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellant. Amanda Lynn Morse , Jessica Jernigan-Johnson , KNOX COUNTY LAW DIRECTOR'S OFFICE, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; DONALD and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Jane Doe, a high-school student, suffers from a condition that makes her hypersensitive to the everyday sounds of eating food and chewing gum. Doe's parents asked her school to ban students from eating or chewing in her classes. It refused. So they sought this ban by suing the Knox County Board of Education...

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