U.S. High Court Rejects ‘Background Circumstances’ Rule In Worker’s Bias Case

( June 5, 2025, 11:45 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ “additional ‘background circumstances’ requirement” in a bias case brought by a member of a majority group “is not consistent with Title VII’s text or our case law construing the statute,” a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 5....