Bostock v. Clayton County

E31059

Title VII case United States Supreme Court case employment discrimination case landmark decision

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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Statements (49)

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 →
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 NERFINISHED →
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 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bostock v. Clayton County ("Gerald Lynn Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia") →	fullCaseName
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 →	landmarkCase
Title IX ("Bostock v. Clayton County (interpretive influence on sex discrimination") →	notableCase