Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda

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Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that held federal employment discrimination law protects gay and lesbian employees from being fired because of their sexual orientation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Title VII case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
employment discrimination case ⓘ
landmark civil rights case ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil rights law ⓘ
employment law ⓘ
arguedDate October 8, 2019 ⓘ
citation 590 U.S. ___ (2020) ⓘ
consolidatedWith Bostock v. Clayton County ⓘ
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
constitutionalContext applies statutory interpretation rather than direct constitutional ruling ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate June 15, 2020 ⓘ
decisionType opinion of the Court ⓘ
defendant Altitude Express Inc. ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy Brett M. Kavanaugh ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
docketNumber 17-1623 ⓘ
employmentContext skydiving instructor ⓘ
enforcedBy Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
fullName Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda ⓘ
holding Title VII prohibits employers from firing individuals merely for being gay or transgender ⓘ
discrimination based on sexual orientation is discrimination because of sex under Title VII ⓘ
impact extended federal employment discrimination protections to gay and lesbian employees nationwide ⓘ
recognized sexual orientation discrimination as a form of sex discrimination under federal law ⓘ
joinedByInMajority Elena Kagan ⓘ
John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
jurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
legalIssue scope of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
whether discrimination because of sexual orientation is discrimination because of sex ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Neil Gorsuch ⓘ
linked to: Neil M. Gorsuch
originatingCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ⓘ
originatingCourtDecision Second Circuit held that Title VII prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation ⓘ
plaintiff Donald Zarda ⓘ
precedentFor federal cases involving LGBT workplace discrimination ⓘ
relatedCase Bostock v. Clayton County ⓘ
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
relatedRight protection from employment discrimination based on sexual orientation ⓘ
shortName Zarda ⓘ
statuteInterpreted Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
subjectMatter LGBT employment rights ⓘ
interpretation of the phrase because of sex ⓘ
term October Term 2019 ⓘ
voteSplit 6–3 ⓘ

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