The Second Circuit on Tuesday reinstated an equal protection case claiming New York City’s changes to the admissions process of eight prestigious high schools discriminated against Asian American students.

It’s undisputed that, under the prior admission policy, economically disadvantaged Asian American students from certain middle schools who would have been eligible for admission to specialized high schools were rendered ineligible for admission under the new policy, judges for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said.

Judges noted that no discovery was conducted at the lower court to determine whether the city’s policy change was intended to discriminate …