Supreme Court – Same Burden of Proof Applies to All Plaintiffs in Title VII Discrimination Claims, Removing Greater Burden for “Reverse Discrimination” Claims Tim Garrett, Alex Redmond ...

The Supreme Court has spoken unanimously: all claims of discrimination are subject to the same evidentiary burden, regardless of the plaintiff-employee’s majority-group status.

Supreme Court justices appeared nearly unanimously aligned during oral arguments Wednesday that lower courts applied an unfair burden of proof to a woman who filed a reverse discrimination claim ...

A Supreme Court ruling about discrimination claims was a win for the rule of law, not a judicial ideology, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Noah Feldman writes.

Jurors heard two sharply contrasting portrayals of Stockton Unified Trustee AngelAnn Flores as closing arguments began in her felony trial.

The legal issue before SCOTUS was whether, as a member of the majority heterosexual group, Ames had an extra burden of proof in her discrimination claim that an LGBTQ person would not have to meet.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote the court's unanimous opinion ruling that plaintiffs belonging to a majority group should not face a higher burden of proof in discrimination cases.

The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday against imposing a higher burden of proof for reverse discrimination lawsuits under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Court reversed on a c ...

White individuals and straight people do not need to meet a higher burden of proof than members of minority groups to prevail in employment discrimination suits, the Supreme Court held June 5. The ...