Fifth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Eligibility Ruling Involving High School Athlete

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s grant of a preliminary injunction, finding instead that a student athlete’s anxiety disorder did not qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which would have allowed the student athlete to retain his eligibility immediately upon transferring schools.   A.M. is a high school student in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) is a nonprofit voluntary m