Runnion v. Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago, No. 14-1729 (7th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseRunnion was active in a troop run by Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, the largest regional Girl Scout organization in the United States. Megan is deaf. For several years she had sign language interpreters provided by the Girl Scouts that enabled her to participate fully in the troop’s activities. Girl Scouts then stopped providing interpreters. When her mother complained, Megan’s entire troop was disbanded. Megan alleges that the Girl Scouts violated the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794) by refusing to provide her with sign language services and then by disbanding her troop because her mother complained. The district court dismissed the case. The Seventh Circuit reversed, stating that the court erred when it rejected as futile the “principally engaged” theory of Rehabilitation Act coverage in plaintiff’s proposed amended complaint.
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