Ames argued the department discriminated against her on the basis of sexual orientation. A federal district court ruled for the Ohio Department of Youth Services, finding that the department ...

Federal circuit courts disagree on the application of the background circumstances rule that the lower court applied to Ames’s case. Ames is asking the Supreme Court to address this circuit split and ...

Ames sued and brought her case to the Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the justices will hear oral arguments on whether a federal appeals court improperly required her to meet a more stringent standard ...

Other federal courts, but not most, have since adopted that test. In a brief siding with Ohio, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and other civil rights groups said Ames wants courts to ...

On Feb. 26, 2025, the United States Supreme Court will hear Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth ... pretextual for true discrimination. But some federal appellate courts have added another layer ...