REUTERS/MEGAN JELINGER/FILE PHOTO Marlean Ames sits for a portrait at the law office of Edward Gilbert, her lawyer, in Akron, Ohio, on Feb. 13. The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier today for ...

Marlean Ames first sued her employer, the Ohio Department of Youth Services, in 2020, alleging she was passed over for a promotion in favor of one gay coworker, then demoted in favor of another.

Marlean Ames, a straight woman from the Akron area, started working for the Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS) in 2004. She worked her way up from an executive secretary to a program ...

Marlean Ames has worked at the Ohio Department of Youth Services since 2004. Initially, lower courts decided against her, ruling that she did not have enough evidence to prove her case, thus ...

The case originated from a heterosexual woman, Marlean Ames, who sued the Ohio Department of Youth Services, which runs the state's juvenile correctional system, after she was passed over for a ...

Ohio Department of Youth Services, a case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, plaintiff Marlean Ames alleged discrimination on the basis of her membership in a majority group, or ...

The case first appeared in the sixth circuit court, which ruled against Ames citing the higher standard of proof for discrimination that must be met by members of majority groups, such as men ...

Marlean Ames worked for the Ohio Department of Youth Services since 2004. She was passed over for a promotion that went to a lesbian coworker she claims was less qualified.

In a unanimous 9-0 ruling, the Supreme Court sided with Marlean Ames, a straight white woman who claimed she was passed over for promotion and ultimately demoted because of her sexual orientation.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars sex discrimination in the workplace. A trial court and the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Ames.