On Oct. 4, 2024, the Supreme Court agreed to review a reverse discrimination case where the petitioner, an Ohio Department of Youth Services employee, claims that she was denied promotion and demoted because she is heterosexual. Some courts, noting the McDonnell Douglas framework’...
Supreme Court rules favorably for employers in Title VII casesDavid BaronNeal KatyalKenneth KirschnerBarbara M. RothCatherine E. Stetson
The underlying case involved a police officer who asserted that she had been transferred to a less prestigious division, which also changed her schedule and caused her to lose a take-home car. The district court granted the employer's summary judgment motion because the transfer did not cause ...
the Courts of Appeals for the Second (New York) and Sixth (Michigan) Circuits held that Title VII bars discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, while the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (in a Georgia case) ruled that Title VII did not prohibit discrimination bas...
Bostock sued Clayton County, alleging he was fired because of his sexual orientation in violation of Title VII. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the district court's dismissal of the case. The third legal battle before the justices raised the question of whether Title VII prohibi...
On April 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a high-profile case seeking to alter employers’ obligations to accommodate workers’...
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The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear three high-profile cases involving employment discrimination against LGBT Americans.
The Supreme Court will decide whether the main federal civil rights law that prohibits employment discrimination applies to LGBT people. The justices say Monday they will hear cases involving people who claim they were fired because of their sexual orientation. Another case involves a funeral home em...
Harvard’s program was upheld by a federal district court and the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit prior to reaching the Supreme Court. UNC’s program was upheld by a federal district court, but Students for Fair Admissions appealed the case directly to the Supreme Court ...