Anna Lange v. Houston County, Georgia, et al
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February 04, 2025
Trans Deputy's Bias Case Hits Headwinds At 11th Circ.
The full Eleventh Circuit grappled Tuesday with whether a county health plan's coverage exclusions for gender-affirming surgery conflicted with a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision, with several judges taking issue with a panel's ruling that found coverage denials for a transgender employee's vaginoplasty amounted to unlawful discrimination.
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February 03, 2025
11th Circ. Bias Fight Could Set Bar For Trans Benefits Suits
The full Eleventh Circuit will hear arguments Tuesday from a Georgia county looking to overturn a trial court's ruling that found its health plan's denial of gender-affirming surgery violated federal anti-discrimination law, in a case that could help clarify how a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision impacts employee benefits.
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February 03, 2025
Feds Back Out Of Trans Ga. Deputy's 11th Circ. Rehearing
The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday that it was pulling out of supporting a Georgia transgender sheriff's deputy's bid to have gender-affirming surgery covered by her county government, just days before her case is set to be reheard by the full Eleventh Circuit.
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February 03, 2025
6 Argument Sessions Bias Attorneys Should Watch In Feb.
The full Eleventh Circuit will tackle a high-profile legal fight over a Georgia county health plan's coverage exclusion for gender dysphoria treatment, while the EEOC is scheduled to appear at the Fifth and D.C. circuits to back up arguments made in amicus briefs. Here are six argument sessions discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on this month.
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January 31, 2025
6 Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch In Feb.
The en banc Eleventh Circuit will consider whether federal anti-discrimination law bars a Georgia county health plan from refusing to cover a worker's gender-confirmation surgery while the Second Circuit will hear from an NBA referee defending his win in a pension payout case.
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January 21, 2025
Ala. Gets In On Trans Ga. Deputy's 11th Circ. Rehearing
The state of Alabama will get a chance to weigh in at closely watched oral arguments next month when the full Eleventh Circuit will consider whether a Georgia county's denial of coverage for a transgender deputy's gender-affirming surgery violates federal employment discrimination laws.
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December 17, 2024
The Biggest Georgia Legal Developments Of 2024
From navigating bombshell prosecutor romance allegations in the Georgia election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump and his co-defendants to vacating a $1.7 billion verdict against Ford Motor Co. in a fatal "Super Duty" rollover case, to seeing the state's longest-running criminal trial to a close, 2024 was a busy year for courts in the Peach State.
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November 07, 2024
ACLU Asks 11th Circ. To Back Ga. Deputy's Trans Health Win
The full Eleventh Circuit shouldn't roll back a transgender deputy's win in her lawsuit challenging a Georgia county's refusal to pay for gender-affirmation surgery, the American Civil Liberties Union and legal groups argued Thursday, saying the U.S. Supreme Court's Bostock decision made clear that such policies violate federal law.
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October 01, 2024
Ga. County Urges Full 11th Circ. To Nix Trans Deputy's Win
A Georgia county told the Eleventh Circuit on Monday that a health plan coverage exclusion for gender-affirming surgery is comparable to other exclusions in coverage and does not violate federal anti-discrimination laws.
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August 28, 2024
11th Circ. Trans Health Redo May Spark Supreme Court Fight
The Eleventh Circuit's recent decision to rehear Georgia county officials' appeal seeking to exclude gender-confirmation surgery from its employee healthcare coverage rekindles an appellate debate on the extent to which Title VII protects transgender workers that could soon reach the U.S. Supreme Court, attorneys say.