Jameka Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, et al

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Case Number:

15-15234

Court:

Appellate - 11th Circuit

Nature of Suit:

3440 Other Civil Rights

  1. July 06, 2017

    Gay Rights Group Will Take Title VII Bias Debate To High Court

    Gay rights group Lambda Legal said it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to find that federal law bars employers from discriminating against workers because of their sexuality after the Eleventh Circuit declined Thursday to review precedent putting sexual orientation bias out of Title VII's reach.

  2. April 11, 2017

    Lawmakers Want 11th Circ. To Rethink Sex Orientation Ruling

    Four members of Congress asked for permission Monday to back a former Georgia Regional Hospital security guard on her bid for a ruling by the full Eleventh Circuit holding that Title VII encompasses claims of sexual orientation discrimination.

  3. March 31, 2017

    11th Circ. Asked To Review Sex Orientation Precedent

    A former Georgia Regional Hospital security guard asked the full Eleventh Circuit on Friday to rule that Title VII encompasses claims of sexual orientation discrimination, saying that an appellate panel got it wrong when it tossed her suit alleging sex-based discrimination.

  4. March 13, 2017

    Anti-Gay Bias Not Prohibited Under Title VII: 11th Circ.

    The majority of a split Eleventh Circuit panel on Friday largely affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a former Georgia Regional Hospital security guard’s suit against the hospital alleging she was harassed because she’s a lesbian and didn’t conform to gender norms, relying on a decades-old decision that discharge for homosexuality isn’t prohibited under Title VII.