R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc., Petitioner v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, et al.

  1. June 16, 2020

    How Gorsuch's Textualism Won A Major LGBTQ Rights Victory

    Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has long preached the importance of looking primarily to the words of a statute to derive its meaning. Here's how lawyers for three fired workers homed in on that judicial philosophy to score the biggest LGBTQ rights victory since Obergefell.

  2. June 15, 2020

    High Court Ruling Aids Trans Workers' Fight For Health Care

    The U.S. Supreme Court's Monday ruling that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act bans discrimination against LGBTQ people strengthens the argument that employee health plans must cover treatments for transgender workers, such as hormone-replacement therapy and gender-transition surgery.

  3. June 15, 2020

    High Court Says Title VII Protects Gay, Trans Workers

    The U.S. Supreme Court handed LGBTQ employees a pivotal win Monday, ruling that a federal law banning gender bias protects workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. 

  4. June 10, 2020

    NCAA Urged To Blackball Idaho Over Trans Athlete Law

    Dozens of advocacy groups and more than 400 college and professional athletes have asked the NCAA to boycott Idaho in 2021, in response to a first-of-its-kind law passed in March that bans transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams.

  5. May 26, 2020

    Justices Let Trans Woman's Widow Sub Into Bias Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the widow of Aimee Stephens, a transgender woman who died earlier this month, to take her place in a major LGBTQ rights case on workplace discrimination to be decided in the coming weeks.

  6. October 08, 2019

    Gorsuch Says Sex Seems To Factor Into Gay Worker Firings

    Justice Neil Gorsuch gave LGBTQ advocates a glimmer of hope Tuesday when he said sex "appears to be a factor" in decisions to fire gay workers, during closely watched U.S. Supreme Court arguments over whether federal law protects gay and transgender workers from discrimination.

  7. October 07, 2019

    Supreme Court Hears LGBTQ Bias Blockbuster: A Cheat Sheet

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a trio of cases Tuesday asking whether federal law protects gay and transgender workers from discrimination, a battle that could lead to the biggest LGBTQ rights ruling since the high court's landmark decision legalizing gay marriage in 2015. 

  8. October 04, 2019

    High Court Gets Back To Work: Employment Cases To Watch

    The U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its new term Monday, and while a closely watched LGBT rights case is expected to be the main event for workplace law observers, the high court has plenty of other notable employment cases on the docket. Here, experts look at a handful of pending employment cases attorneys ought to be keeping tabs on.

  9. October 04, 2019

    Up Next At High Court: Showdown Over LGBTQ Discrimination

    The Supreme Court will dive headlong into the 2019 term starting Monday with oral arguments in the biggest LGBTQ rights cases since Obergefell, but the justices will tackle other issues of interest to the legal industry as well, such as the USPTO's "radical" and "unprecedented" policy on attorney fees.

  10. September 11, 2019

    High Court Clears Way For SG To Argue In LGBTQ Bias Suits

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday paved the way for the U.S. solicitor general to participate in arguments next month in three cases involving whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act applies to discrimination against gay and transgender workers.