Legal Opinion
Steven Wynne v. Tufts University School of Medicine
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 17, 1991No. 89-1670PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal addresses the obligation of an academic institution, a university medical school, when it seeks to demonstrate as a matter of law that there is no reasonable means available to accommodate a handicapped person within the meaning of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794 (“the Act”).
Appellant Steven Wynne was dismissed from Tufts University School of Medicine after failing numerous courses during successive attempts to complete the first-year program. Wynne, who suffers from a learning disability subsequently diagnosed as…
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