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

  1. September 10, 2019

    LGBTQ Workers Tell High Court Title VII Protects Them

    A trio of gay and transgender workers defended their stance that Title VII protects LGBTQ employees from job discrimination to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, arguing that the Trump administration's assertion otherwise ran afoul of the "plain text" of the statute.

  2. August 23, 2019

    Title VII Doesn't Ban LGBT Bias, High Court Hears

    Opponents of expanding Title VII to cover LGBT workers told the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of a Friday amicus brief deadline that a broad reading of the statute by the justices will lead to the violation of free speech rights for those who believe that sex is physiology-based and could result in women being disadvantaged.   

  3. August 16, 2019

    Feds Urge Justices Not To Expand 'Sex' In Trans Bias Case

    The Trump administration told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday that Title VII's ban on sex discrimination shouldn't be stretched to include gender identity, marking its latest break with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's position that the law protects both gay and transgender workers.

  4. July 03, 2019

    Biz Groups, Republican Bigwigs Say Title VII Bars LGBT Bias

    Leading businesses, prominent Republican ex-officials, advocacy groups and others were part of a chorus of voices that weighed in ahead of a Wednesday amicus brief deadline and urged the U.S. Supreme Court to declare that federal law shields gay and transgender workers from discrimination.

  5. June 26, 2019

    Title VII Protects Us, LGBTQ Workers Tell Supreme Court

    The gay and transgender workers behind a trio of U.S. Supreme Court cases asking whether federal law shields LGBTQ workers from job discrimination filed their opening briefs Wednesday, arguing that Title VII's ban on gender-based bias covers them.

  6. May 03, 2019

    Roberts Seen As Swing Vote In High Court LGBT Rights Case

    Though it's anyone's guess how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the question of whether LGBT workers are protected by Title VII's prohibition on sex discrimination, experts say Chief Justice John Roberts will likely be the one who casts the deciding vote in what's expected to be a blockbuster 5-4 decision.

  7. April 22, 2019

    High Court To Consider Whether Title VII Covers LGBT Bias

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a trio of closely watched cases that hinge on whether gay and transgender workers are protected from discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

  8. January 07, 2019

    Supreme Court Again Pushes Back 3 LGBT Bias Petitions

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday pushed back a closely watched trio of petitions asking whether federal workplace discrimination law protects LGBT workers, relisting them for consideration at its upcoming judicial conference Friday after having failed to act on them following its most recent conference last week.

  9. January 01, 2019

    Employment Cases To Watch In 2019

    Employers will be keeping a close eye on the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019, watching to see if the justices agree to take up three cases that could define the scope of protections for LGBT workers under Title VII and waiting for a high court ruling on when class arbitration is permissible. Here, Law360 looks at the cases experts say employment lawyers ought to have on their radar.

  10. November 06, 2018

    Title VII Doesn't Protect Trans Workers, Funeral Home Says

    The funeral home asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Sixth Circuit ruling that federal law protects transgender workers from discrimination told the high court on Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Justice's recent brief adopting its stance showed that the case should be reviewed and reversed.