SCOTUS to Review the “Background Circumstances” Heightened Pleading Standard in Reverse Discrimination Cases
By EsqSocial Corporation 06/02/25
On October 4, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States granted a writ of certiorari,[1] agreeing to hear arguments in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, a Sixth Circuit case that seeks to determine whether the standard burden of proof for minority plaintiffs is equally applicable to those who are majority plaintiffs in cases alleging discrimination or retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Currently, five circuit courts of appeals across the country have held...
By: Maynard Nexsen