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Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee Oral Argument Tomorrow
Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSBlog has a comprehensive preview about the Title IX case that will be argued before the Supreme Court tomorrow.He points out that, though the underlying case is about some pretty egregious student-on-student sexual harassment, the Court is "unlikely to be distracted by the controversy" and will instead remained focused on the narrow legal question for which the Court granted cert, which is, whether the availability of legal remedies under Title IX foreclose plaintiffs from simultaneously raising constitutional claims via 42 U...

Fitzgerald Oral Argument Roundup
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Title IX preemption case, Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee. For background, see our prior posts on the district court's decision, the appellate court's decision, the Supreme Court's grant of certiorari grant, and a preview of the oral argument...

Supreme Court hears EPA, Title IX cases
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Entergy Corp. v. EPA, the Court heard arguments on whether Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use a cost-benefit analysis to determine what is the best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impact from cooling water intake structures that draw water into power plants to offset the heat created during power generation...

Jennifer S. Hendricks, Instead of ENDA, A Course Correction for Title VII
Here is the abstract: In September 2008, the D.C. federal court issued a landmark decision holding that discrimination against a transgender person was sex discrimination under Title VII...

Federal judge rules that refusal to hire based on gender identity is sex discrimination
Today, in the first ever victory directly on this point, the ACLU won a federal court decision holding that discrimination against a transgender person constitutes per se discrimination based on sex in violation of Title VII...

Supreme Court on Discrimination
The Supreme Court this morning refused to narrow the scope of two federal discrimination laws, ruling that people who are fired for complaining about age and race bias are protected under federal law...

Women and the Law
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California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Lowe's Companies Inc.
Settlement reached in federal gender discrimination lawsuit.

California Labor Laws
alleged violations of California labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Dell
Sued for Gender Discrimination

Racist Voicemail
Stamford Board of Education pays student $37,500 settlement after failing to protect her from racial discrimination.

Discrimination
race, gender, disability, religious or age discrimiation.

Citigroup
Faces Gender Discrimination Class Action