November 09, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a teacher's discrimination suit claiming he was fired out of bias for his Mexican American ancestry, leaving intact a Fifth Circuit decision that concluded he hadn't shown that teachers of different races received better treatment.
June 02, 2026
The Fifth Circuit backed the ending of a teacher's suit alleging he was fired because of his Mexican American ancestry, finding his case couldn't be saved by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that nixed additional evidentiary hurdles in bias cases for workers of majority groups.