Anna Lange v. Houston County, Georgia, et al

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Case Number:

22-13626

Court:

Appellate - 11th Circuit

Nature of Suit:

3442 Civil Rights Employment

  1. July 14, 2023

    6 Gender-Affirming Health Care Appeals Attys Should Watch

    A crop of discrimination lawsuits challenging state-level gender-affirming care bans and health plan exclusions has quickly bounced up to federal circuit courts, raising the likelihood the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue with major potential impacts for patients and their health plans, attorneys say.

  2. March 17, 2023

    DOJ Calls County Plan's Trans Care Exclusion 'Textbook' Bias

    The U.S. Department of Justice urged the Eleventh Circuit on Friday to affirm a lower court's decision ordering a Georgia county to cover a deputy's gender transition surgery, saying an insurance plan is discriminatory if it denies medically necessary gender-affirming care.

  3. January 17, 2023

    Ga. County Asks 11th Circ. To Nix Trans Discrimination Ruling

    A Georgia county and its sheriff have asked the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a lower court's ruling blocking them from excluding gender transition surgery from an employee's insurance coverage, saying the plan was not facially discriminatory because it covered non-surgical gender transition treatments.

  4. January 02, 2023

    7 Transgender Health Care Bias Cases To Watch In 2023

    A possible circuit split is among the key things to watch in 2023 as more district courts take contrary positions on whether the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County extends to the Affordable Care Act's nondiscrimination protections to transgender health care coverage. Here, Law360 looks at seven cases dealing with nondiscrimination provisions under the ACA and transgender health care coverage that benefits attorneys should keep their eyes on.