Hamilton v. Dallas County

  1. August 17, 2022

    Detention Officers Ask Full 5th Circ. To Ditch Title VII Rule

    Several Dallas County female detention officers urged the full Fifth Circuit to review their case challenging a policy that allows only male employees to have full weekends off, saying the court should take up a panel's suggestion to reconsider decades-old precedent.

  2. August 08, 2022

    5th Circ.'s Employer-Friendly Title VII Rule On Shaky Ground

    A decades-old Fifth Circuit rule making it tougher for workers and job applicants to bring Title VII discrimination cases may be on thin ice after an appellate panel called for the full court to reconsider the stringent standard.

  3. August 03, 2022

    5th Circ. Panel Seeks Worker-Friendly Shift On Title VII Cases

    A Fifth Circuit panel indicated Wednesday that it would support getting rid of a decades-old precedent that narrows the pathway for workers and job applicants to bring Title VII discrimination cases.