After the Florida House and Senate early this year asked for a rehearing in the case, a federal appeals court again cleared the way for a lawsuit that alleges the Legislature has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by not providing closed captioning on online videos of meetings.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a 24-page opinion that upheld a district judge’s refusal to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the National Association of the Deaf and South Florida resident Eddie Sierra against the House, Senate and Florida State University, which operates the public-broadcasting station WFSU-TV.