TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 25, 2019

On Oct. 8, the U.S. Supreme Court to will consider whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 guarantees federal protection from workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation, the New York Times reports. The case centers on a county employee in Georgia who claims he was fired after he joined a gay recreational softball league, though the employer says the termination was based on “conduct unbecoming of a…county employee.” In addition, the justices will hear a companion case brought by a skydiving instructor who says he was fired for being gay. His firing followed a complaint from a female customer who expressed concerns about being strapped to him during a tandem dive. The instructor died in a 2014 skydiving accident but the case is being pursued by his estate.