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R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 590 U.S. ___ (2020), is a landmark [1] United States Supreme Court case which ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects transgender people from employment discrimination.
The lower courts followed the Eleventh Circuit's past precedent that Title VII did not cover employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. The case was consolidated with Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda, a similar case of apparent discrimination due to sexual orientation from the Second Circuit, but which had added to a circuit split.
Harvard (2023), the Supreme Court case striking down race-based affirmative action in higher education. A reversal of the court of appeals in Ames could make it easier for reverse-discrimination claims to succeed—at least in the five circuits that had adopted a "background circumstances" test. [5]
Judy Conti, government affairs director at the National Employment Law Project, a worker advocacy group, said Trump had stripped away a “key tool” in combating discrimination.
“It’s a case that people are expecting will open the courthouse doors to more reverse discrimination suits,” said Jason Schwartz, co-chairman of the labor & employment practice group at ...
tech-employment sex and race discrimination: San Mateo County Superior Court: 2015 Huang v. Twitter: class action sex discrimination lawsuit: 2015 [1] J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B. Intentional discrimination on the basis of sex by state actors in the use of peremptory strikes in jury selection: United States Supreme Court: 1994 Ledbetter v.
Babb v. Wilkie, 589 U.S. ___ (2020), is a case of the United States Supreme Court in which the justices considered the scope of protections for federal employees in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. Specifically, the Court ruled that plaintiffs only need to prove that age was a motivating factor in the decision in order to sue. [1]
In private practice, he represented individuals in employment discrimination cases and was sometimes hired by unions to represent their members. He lives in Kansas City. Show comments.