Whether civil rights statutes that prohibit federal financial recipients from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, and sex allow plaintiffs to be compensated for emotional distress injuries where they show that they were victims of discrimination.

Neuhtah Opiotennione v. Bozzuto Management Company, et al.

Isaak Olson, an active-duty Coast Guardsman and former cadet at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s policy prohibiting cadets from being parents. The Academy’s ban on parents forces all cadets who become parents to resign or be disenrolled, regardless of their circumstances and without exception.