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

On June 5, 2025, the United States Supreme Court issued its opi n ion in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, No. 23-1039, reviving a lawsuit brought by a heterosexual female employee who ...

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.

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.

T he 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 ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the nation’s anti-discrimination laws apply equally to all employees, regardless of whether those complaining of bias are white or Black, gay or ...

Lower courts ruled that she had failed to provide sufficient evidence of her claim, so Ames appealed to the Supreme Court to challenge the standards in terms of burden of proof. US court precedent ...

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.

Ohio’s 6th Circuit Court of Appeals previously ruled against Marlean Ames, arguing she would need to face a higher burden of proof for her discrimination claim because she is a member of a ...

California federal and state courts have never required workers claiming employment discrimination who are members of majority groups to prove more to establish their claims than members of ...

The problem for Ames is that federal courts in Ohio require a higher burden of proof from members of majority groups -- like straight, white people -- who charge discrimination that they do from ...