Bostock v. Clayton County

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Bostock v. Clayton County is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held federal employment discrimination law protects employees from being fired for being gay or transgender.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Title VII case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
employment discrimination case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil rights law ⓘ
employment discrimination law ⓘ
argumentDate 2019-10-08 ⓘ
citation 590 U.S. ___ (2020) ⓘ
consolidatedWith Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda ⓘ
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionNotAtIssue Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2020-06-15 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy Brett M. Kavanaugh ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
dissentJoinedBy Clarence Thomas ⓘ
docketNumber 17-1618 ⓘ
employmentContext private sector employment ⓘ
public sector employment ⓘ
fullCaseName Gerald Lynn Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia ⓘ
holding Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from firing individuals for being homosexual ⓘ
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from firing individuals for being transgender ⓘ
impact extended federal employment protections to LGBTQ employees nationwide ⓘ
jurisdiction Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
keyword LGBTQ rights ⓘ
gender identity discrimination ⓘ
sexual orientation discrimination ⓘ
legalIssue scope of Title VII prohibition on discrimination "because of sex" ⓘ
legalPrinciple discrimination against homosexual or transgender employees is discrimination because of sex under Title VII ⓘ
locationOfCourt Washington, D.C. ⓘ
lowerCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ⓘ
majorityJoinedBy Elena Kagan ⓘ
John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Neil Gorsuch ⓘ
linked to: Neil M. Gorsuch
originatingCourt United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ⓘ
petitioner Gerald Lynn Bostock ⓘ
relatedCase Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda ⓘ
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
respondent Clayton County, Georgia ⓘ
result reversed and remanded ⓘ
statuteInterpreted Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
subjectMatter workplace discrimination based on gender identity ⓘ
workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation ⓘ
term October Term 2019 ⓘ
vote 6–3 ⓘ

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