June 05, 2019
A worker's request that the full Fifth Circuit reconsider the dismissal of Title VII claims she was fired because she is straight fell flat Tuesday when the court upheld a panel's decision that the law doesn't protect against bias over sexual orientation.
May 06, 2019
A straight woman who was fired after mocking transgender women on Facebook has asked the full Fifth Circuit to reconsider a panel ruling that federal law allows employers to fire workers because of their sexual orientation, which she claims was the real basis for her termination.
April 19, 2019
A Fifth Circuit panel said Friday that federal workplace discrimination law does not block employers from firing straight workers because of their sexuality, refusing to budge from its stance that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does not cover sexual orientation.
May 03, 2018
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a Wednesday amicus brief urged the Fifth Circuit to revive a suit alleging a boiler repair company fired a straight woman for threatening to complain about being discriminated against over her sexuality.