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

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

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After 1991, six other Courts of Appeals reached the issue of sexual orientation discrimination, and until 2017, every single Court of Appeals decision understood Title VII's prohibition of "discrimination because of sex" to mean discrimination because of biological sex. See, e.g. , Higgins v. New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. , 194 F.3d 252, 259 (CA1 1999) ; Simonton v. Runyon , 232 F.3d 33, 36 (CA2 2000) ; Bibby v. Philadelphia Coca Cola Bottling Co. , 260 F.3d 257, 261 (CA3 2001), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 1155, 122 S.Ct. 1126, 151 L.Ed.2d 1018 (2002) ; Wrightson v. Pizza Hut of Am., Inc. , 99 F.3d 138, 143 (CA4 1996) ; Hamm v. Weyauwega Milk Products, Inc. , 332 F.3d 1058, 1062 (CA7 2003) ; Medina v. Income Support Div., N. M. , 413 F.3d 1131, 1135 (CA10 2005) ; Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital , 850 F.3d 1248, 1255 (CA11), cert. denied, 583 U.S. ----, 138 S.Ct. 557, 199 L.Ed.2d 446 (2017). Similarly, the other Circuit to formally address *1778whether Title VII applies to claims of discrimination based on transgender status had also rejected the argument, creating unanimous consensus prior to the Sixth Circuit's decision below. See Etsitty v. Utah Transit Authority , 502 F.3d 1215, 1220-1221 (CA10 2007).

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