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Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020)

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Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020)
Parent Document
Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020)
Effective Date
2020-06-15
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https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4760997/bostock-v-clayton-county/ ↗

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Second, the plaintiff 's sex need not be the sole or primary cause of the employer's adverse action. In Phillips , Manhart , and Oncale , the defendant easily could have pointed to some other, nonprotected trait and insisted it was the more important factor in the adverse employment outcome. So, too, it has no significance here if another factor-such as the sex the plaintiff is attracted to or presents as-might also be at work, or even play a more important role in the employer's decision.