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PALMER v. DAVENPORT CIVIL RIGHTS COM'N

No. 12-0924.

850 N.W.2d 326 (2014)

PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC, Appellee, v. DAVENPORT CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION and Aaron Cannon, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 27, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith J. Morrell , Davenport, for appellant Davenport Civil Rights Commission.

Scott C. LaBarre and Susan Rockwood Kern of LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., Denver, Colorado, and Alan O. Olson of Olson Law Office, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant Aaron Cannon.

Robert D. Lambert of Stanley, Lande & Hunter, P.C., Davenport, for appellee.

Mary Kay Klimesh and Karen L. Stephenson of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, Illinois, and Amanda G. Jansen of Ahlers & Cooney, P.C., Des Moines, for amicus curiae National University of Health Sciences.

Debra L. Hulett and Katie L. Graham of Nyemaster Goode, P.C., Des Moines, for amicus curiae Logan College of Chiropractic.

Meghan Sidhu , Baltimore, Maryland, and Alan O. Olson of Olson Law Office, Des Moines, for amicus curiae National Federation of the Blind.

Thomas G. Abram of Vedder Price, P.C., Chicago, Illinois, and Mark E. Weinhardt , William B. Ortman , and Danielle M. Shelton of Weinhardt & Logan, P.C., Des Moines, for amicus curiae National Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

HECHT, Justice.

A student requested a chiropractic school make accommodations for his visual disability. When the school denied the requested accommodations, the student filed a complaint with the civil rights commission in the community where the school is located. The commission found the school failed to comply with applicable federal and state disability laws and granted the student relief. The school sought judicial review, and the district court reversed the...

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