Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services

Decided June 5, 2025. Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23-1039 · 605 U.S. 303 · Cited 47 times

The Sixth Circuit’s “background circumstances” rule—which requires members of a majority group to satisfy a heightened evidentiary standard to prevail on a Title VII discrimination claim—cannot be squared with either the text of Title VII or the Court’s precedents.

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