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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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 of America
surface form: 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 self-link
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 M. Gorsuch
surface form: Neil 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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Bostock v. Clayton County relatedCase Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda
Bostock v. Clayton County consolidatedWith Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda
Gerald Lynn Bostock combinedWithCases Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda
this entity surface form: Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda
Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda fullName Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda self-link