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In Brantley v. American Airlines, Inc., 2025 WL 1837472 (D.Nev. July 3, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race, color, or gender discrimination claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Brantley’s complaint also contains a Title VII discrimination claim on the theory…

Read More Race, Color, Gender Discrimination Claims Dismissed Against American Airlines; Plaintiff Granted Leave to Amend Complaint
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In Shinn v. Pennsylvania School Boards Association, CIVIL NO. 1:23-cv-02097, 2025 WL 1839494 (M.D.Pa. July 3, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment sexual harassment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Here, Shinn’s alleged workplace harassment was neither…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed; Leave to Amend Complaint Granted
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In Kay v. Banchik, No. 654454/2023, 2025 WL 1707867 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County June 17, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff failed to state age and gender discrimination claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s remaining allegations for failure…

Read More Age, Sex Discrimination Claims, Asserted Under the NYS and NYC Human Rights Laws, Dismissed
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In Baxter v. Swiftshift Inc., 24cv6241 (DLC), 2025 WL 1677712 (S.D.N.Y. June 13, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged claims of hostile work environment, under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws, because of her sex and domestic violence victim status. From the decision: Baxter has also stated a…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims, Based on Sex and Domestic Violence Victim Status, Survive Dismissal
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In a unanimous opinion issued today (authored by Justice Jackson), Ames v. Ohio Dept. of Youth Services, No. 23-1039, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a lower court opinion, holding that majority-group plaintiffs are not required to meet a heightened evidentiary standard of showing “background circumstances” to establish a prima facie case of discrimination at the…

Read More SCOTUS Rejects Heightened Evidentiary Standard in “Reverse Discrimination” Cases
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In Wallace v. Mary Baldwin University, 2025 WL 1409860 (4th Cir. May 15, 2025), the court affirmed the lower court’s orders dismissing, for failure to state a claim, her complaints raising claims of sex discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: A plaintiff can establish a…

Read More Title VII Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Claims Properly Dismissed, 4th Circuit Holds
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In Walters v. Shintech, Inc., CIVIL ACTION NO. 23-277-JWD-SDJ, 2025 WL 918450 (M.D.La. March 26, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: In order to show a hostile work environment…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment
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In Stashenko, Stephanie v. The State of New York et al, No. 903130-22, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 50616(U), 2025 WL 1228825 (Sup Ct Albany Cty, Apr. 14, 2025), the court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of gender discrimination under the New York State Human Rights Law. After summarizing the black-letter law…

Read More Sex, Familial Status Discrimination Claims Survive Summary Judgment Against NY State
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In Toney v. Clorox Company, No. 24-2567, 2025 WL 1201881 (9th Circuit April 25, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, inter alia, reversed an award of summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff’s claim of wrongful termination (discrimination) based on gender. From the decision: In this employment discrimination case, we address the…

Read More 9th Circuit, Citing “Internally Inconsistent” Reasons for Termination, Reverses Summary Judgment on Gender Discrimination Claim
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In Lyu v. Alfa Chemistry Inc. et al, 23-CV-7951 (EK)(ST), 2025 WL 1093134 (E.D.N.Y. April 13, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of sex-based discrimination under the New York State Human Rights Law. The court summarized, and applied, the law as follows: The elements of a disparate treatment claim…

Read More NYSHRL Wrongful (Sex-Based) Discrimination Claim Survives Dismissal
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