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Supreme Court win for girl with epilepsy expected to make disability lawsuits against schools easier
A teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy has won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling that’s expected to make it easier for ...
Supreme Court Rules, Again, That Different Standards for Discrimination Plaintiffs Are Unconstitutional
On Thursday, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a teenage girl and her parents who are attempting to sue the ...
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Supreme Court Invalidates "Background Circumstances" Rule in Title VII Cases
On 5 June 2025, the Supreme Court ruled in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services1 that, in order to establish a Title VII ...
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“Supreme Court Shakes Things Up: Reversal of the ‘Background Circumstances’ Rule Marks Major Legal Shift”
Before June 5, 2025, the law (at least in some jurisdictions) was that majority-group employees (e.g., white or heterosexual) ...
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civil rights
Supreme Court rules against drivers in case that could make civil rights claims harder The Supreme Court has found that people who score early court wins in civil rights cases won’t necessarily ...