Supreme Court will hear an Ohio woman's claim she lost out on jobs because she is straight

Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Woman's Claim She Lost Her Job for Being Straight

(DCNF)—The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider a woman’s claim that she was demoted because she is straight. Marlean Ames, who began working for the Ohio Department of Youth Services in 2004, sued the department for sex-based discrimination in 2020, alleging she did not receive a promotion and was later demoted because she is a “heterosexual woman,” according to court records. Ames brought her case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of …

US Supreme Court Agrees To Consider Woman’s Claim She Lost Job Because She Is Not Gay

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider a woman’s claim that she was demoted because she is straight. Marlean Ames, who began working for the Ohio Department of Youth Services in 2004, sued the department for sex-based discrimination in 2020, alleging she did not receive a promotion… US Supreme Court Agrees To Consider Woman’s Claim She Lost Job Because She Is Not Gay

The Supreme Court will hear a case of a worker who says she was demoted for being straight

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case of an Ohio woman who says she faced workplace discrimination over her heterosexual identity. The case may be the first of its kind. It examines the lengths members of “majority groups” must go to prove that they were discriminated against by “minority” groups. Marlean Ames worked for 20 years at the Ohio Department of Youth Services, a state agency that oversees the confinement and rehabilitation of ju…

Supreme Court will hear an Ohio woman’s claim she lost out on jobs because she is straight

The Supreme Court is taking up the case of an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination in her employment because she is straight. The justices on Friday agreed to review an appellate ruling that upheld the dismissal of the discrimination lawsuit filed by the woman, Marlean Ames, against the Ohio […]

US Supreme Court to decide if white, straight workers face higher bar in bias lawsuits

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether it should be more difficult for workers from “majority backgrounds,” such as white or heterosexual people, to prove workplace discrimination claims. The justices took up an appeal by Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, seeking to revive her lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Youth Services in which she said she lost her job to a gay man and was passed ov…

Supreme Court will hear Ohio woman's claim she lost out on jobs because she is straight

The justices on Friday agreed to review an appellate ruling that upheld the dismissal of the discrimination lawsuit filed by the woman, Marlean Ames, against the Ohio Department of Youth Services.