Public schools and higher education institutions in New Mexico can now be sued under the state's anti-discrimination law after a ruling by the New Mexico Supreme Court.

The New Mexico Supreme Court has cleared the way for an antidiscrimination lawsuit to proceed against the state’s largest school district.

The decision means a lawsuit by Native American student McKenzie Johnson, whom an Albuquerque high school teacher allegedly called a “bloody Indian” in 2018, can proceed. Johnson, 16 years old at the ...