U.S. Files Amicus Brief Supporting High Court Review Of Scope Of Title VII Bias

Mealey's (May 26, 2023, 8:13 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should grant a St. Louis police sergeant’s petition for a writ of certiorari in a Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 discrimination lawsuit stemming from a forced job transfer as the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred when it ruled that an employee must show that they were subjected to “a ‘materially significant disadvantage,’” the United States argues in an amicus curiae brief in which it adds that the case should be heard with another also concerning the language in Title VII....