When Marlean Ames tried to sue the Ohio Department ... That’s a test created in 1981 by a federal appeals court that is used by some, but not most, of the federal courts when assessing claims ...

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 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 ...

The Supreme Court appeared virtually certain to side ... The justices zipped through their questioning of attorneys for Ames and the federal government on Wednesday and then repeatedly tore ...

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 ...

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 ...

Woman claims workplace bias because she is heterosexual "I was straight and pushed aside," Ohio plaintiff says Lower courts threw out her lawsuit under civil rights law Feb 20 (Reuters) - Marlean ...

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 ...

A federal appeals court rejected Ames’ claim, but with a well-regarded conservative judge writing a concurring opinion questioning that “background circumstances” rule, which several appeals ...