The Supreme Court unanimously determined Thursday that an Ohio woman can move forward with her complaint that a state agency passed her over for promotion because she is heterosexual.
In a 9-0 decision authored by liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the high court ruled that plaintiff Marlean Ames did not have to meet a higher burden of proof to prove that she was discriminated against despite being part of a “majority” group.
Ames had sued the Ohio Department of Youth Services in November 2020, alleging that she was wrongfully denied a promotion in favor of a lesbian who was not qualified for the role and then demoted from her position and replaced with a gay man who should not have been eligible to take over her job.
Her complaint will be sent back to lower courts for review.
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