Bostock v. Clayton County
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bostock-v-clayton-county-229-256830
title:
Bostock v. Clayton County
text:
Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), is a landmark United States Supreme Court civil rights decision in which the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because of sexuality or gender identity. The plaintiff, Gerald Bostock, was fired from his county job after he expressed interest in a gay softball league at work. The lower courts followed the Eleventh Circuit's past precedent that Title VII did not cover employment discrim
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2020 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bostock_v._Clayton_County
date created:
2019-10-08T16:18:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T08:42:02Z
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