Rights of handicapped persons: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Rights of handicapped persons,” part of the Civil Rights area.

Legal provisions most often involved

All 41 decisions, newest first

• Stanley v. City of Sanford
  145 S. Ct. 2058Decided June 20, 20257–2Neil M. Gorsuch
• A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools
  145 S. Ct. 1647Decided June 12, 20259–0John G. Roberts Jr.
• Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools
  598 U.S. 142Decided March 21, 20239–0Neil M. Gorsuch
• Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.
  142 S. Ct. 1562Decided April 28, 20226–3John G. Roberts Jr.
• Endrew F. v. Douglas Cnty. Sch. Dist. RE-1
  137 S. Ct. 988Decided March 22, 20178–0John G. Roberts Jr.
• Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools
  137 S. Ct. 743Decided February 22, 20178–0Elena Kagan
• City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan
  575 U.S. 600Decided May 18, 20158–0Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Forest Grove School District v. T. A.
  557 U.S. 230Decided June 22, 20096–3John Paul Stevens
• Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York v. Tom F.
  552 U.S. 1Decided October 10, 20074–4
• Schaffer v. Weast
  546 U.S. 49Decided November 14, 20056–2Sandra Day O'Connor
• Douglas Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.
  545 U.S. 119Decided June 6, 20056–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• Tennessee v. George Lane
  541 U.S. 509Decided May 17, 20045–4John Paul Stevens
• Raytheon Company v. Joel Hernandez
  540 U.S. 44Decided December 2, 20037–0Clarence Thomas
• Jo Anne B. Barnhart v. Pauline Thomas
  540 U.S. 20Decided November 12, 20039–0Antonin Scalia
• Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Mario Echazabal
  536 U.S. 73Decided June 10, 20029–0David H. Souter
• Us Airways, Inc. v. Robert Barnett
  535 U.S. 391Decided April 29, 20027–2Stephen G. Breyer
• Jo Anne B. Barnhart v. Cleveland B. Walton
  535 U.S. 212Decided March 27, 20029–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Toyota Motor Manufacturing v. Ella Williams
  534 U.S. 184Decided January 8, 20029–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• PGA Tour, Inc. v. Casey Martin
  532 U.S. 661Decided May 29, 20017–2John Paul Stevens
• Karen Sutton and Kimberly Hinton v. United Air Lines, Inc.
  527 U.S. 471Decided June 22, 19997–2Sandra Day O'Connor
• Vaughn L. Murphy v. United Parcel Service
  527 U.S. 516Decided June 22, 19997–2Sandra Day O'Connor
• Albertson's, Inc. v. Hallie Kirkingburg
  527 U.S. 555Decided June 22, 19997–2David H. Souter
• Tommy Olmstead v. L. C.
  527 U.S. 581Decided June 22, 19996–3Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Carolyn C. Cleveland v. Policy Management Systems Corporation
  526 U.S. 795Decided May 24, 19999–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F.
  526 U.S. 66Decided March 3, 19997–2John Paul Stevens
• Randon Bragdon v. Sidney Abbott
  524 U.S. 624Decided June 25, 19985–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. Ronald R. Yeskey
  524 U.S. 206Decided June 15, 19989–0Antonin Scalia
• City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc.
  514 U.S. 725Decided May 15, 19956–3Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Florence County School District Four v. Shannon Carter
  510 U.S. 7Decided November 9, 19939–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Dellmuth v. Muth
  491 U.S. 223Decided June 15, 19895–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Pittston Coal Group v. Sebben
  488 U.S. 105Decided December 6, 19885–4Antonin Scalia
• Honig v. Doe
  484 U.S. 305Decided January 20, 19886–2William J. Brennan Jr.
• School Board of Nassau County v. Arline
  480 U.S. 273Decided March 3, 19877–2William J. Brennan Jr.
• United States Department of Transportation v. Paralyzed Veterans of America
  477 U.S. 597Decided June 27, 19866–3Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• Bowen v. American Hospital Association
  476 U.S. 610Decided June 9, 19865–3John Paul Stevens
• Bowen v. City of New York
  476 U.S. 467Decided June 2, 19869–0Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Department of Education of Massachusetts
  471 U.S. 359Decided April 29, 19859–0William H. Rehnquist
• Alexander v. Choate
  469 U.S. 287Decided January 9, 19859–0Thurgood Marshall
• Irving Independent School District v. Tatro et Ux.
  468 U.S. 883Decided July 5, 19849–0Warren E. Burger
• Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley
  458 U.S. 176Decided June 28, 19826–3William H. Rehnquist
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
  451 U.S. 1Decided April 20, 19816–3William H. Rehnquist

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error