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A straight white woman from Ohio is the focal point of a discrimination lawsuit that could reshape the legal landscape
The Supreme Court may alter Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act after a white woman challenged her ability to file a discrimination lawsuit in comparison to minorities.
Supreme Court baffled by Ohio’s defense in reverse discrimination case brought by straight woman
Marlean Ames has alleged she was wrongly passed over for promotion in favor of a lesbian and then demoted in favor of a gay man.
Straight woman lost two jobs to gay colleagues. Supreme Court will decide if she can sue.
The case could lead to an influx of 'reverse discrimination' claims as the nation turns away from diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
SCOTUS to hear straight woman's discrimination case that could reshape employment law
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday for a case involving a woman who claims she was unfairly discriminated against on the job because she is straight.
Supreme Court leans toward reviving straight woman's reverse discrimination claim
The Supreme Court on Wednesday considers the novel legal question of whether a woman can pursue a workplace sex discrimination case over claims she was discriminated against because she is straight. The court's ultimate ruling could lower the bar for people belonging to majority groups to bring so-called reverse discrimination claims.
Supreme Court likely to side with straight woman in ‘reverse discrimination’ case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she was passed over for a promotion and later demoted because she’s straight.
SCOTUS Poised to Reopen Case From Woman Claiming Employer Discriminated Against Her For Being Straight
During oral arguments on Wednesday, liberal and conservative justices alike appeared sympathetic to Marlean Ames, a straight, white, cisgender woman who claims she was denied a promotion because she is straight.
Supreme Court seems likely to rule for Ohio woman claiming job bias because she’s straight
The Supreme Court seems likely to side with an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination in her employment because she is straight.
Ohio woman’s reverse-discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court has wide-ranging DEI implications
In many ways, Marlean Ames’ lawsuit was fairly routine. The longtime employee of the Ohio Department of Youth Services said she was wrongly passed over for a promotion, demoted without an explanation from her bosses and lost out on some $40,
SCOTUS dispatch: Supreme Court appears likely to side with straight women in ‘reverse discrimination’ case
Chloe Miracle-Rutledge is a JURIST Supreme Court Correspondent and a 2L at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. On Wednesday morning, I walked up to an unusually quiet Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Reverse Sex Discrimination Case
On February 26, 2025, the United States Supreme Court entertained oral argument in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, a case that centered on whether a plaintiff who is a member of a majority group must meet a higher burden—namely,
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Court appears likely to side with straight woman in reverse discrimination suit
The Supreme Court on Wednesday was sympathetic to an Ohio woman who alleges that she was the victim of reverse discrimination ...
Her claim of anti-straight bias could upend discrimination law
Marlean Ames’s lawsuit claims she was bumped from her position at an Ohio agency because the state department was biased ...
Straight woman's job discrimination claim likely to prevail with SCOTUS rebuke of lower court: expert
The Supreme Court appears poised to issue a ruling in favor of a straight woman's discrimination case, reversing a lower ...