U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment
Jun. 6, 2025
High court ruling marks cultural shift on 'majority' plaintiffs
The unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court likely will encourage more white men and heterosexuals to file discrimination claims even though it doesn't change the law in California or the 9th Circuit, lawyers say
Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court decision reviving a heterosexual woman's discrimination suit against the Ohio Department of Youth Services reflects a broader judicial trend against rules that make it harder for white, male or heterosexual plaintiffs to pursue discrimination claims, experts said.
The unanimous ruling, written by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, doesn't change the law in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals or California state courts, which did not apply a ...
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