On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, 145 S. Ct. 1540 (2025), making clear ...

Ames v. Ohio Dep’t of Youth Servs., 605 U.S. ___, 145 S. Ct. 1540 (2025) - Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, alleged under ...

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 ...

Marlean Ames claims she was denied a promotion and then demoted because she is straight. Both the job she sought and the one she held were given to LGBTQ workers.

Marlean Ames filed a reverse discrimination lawsuit in 2020 after she lost out on two jobs to colleagues who were gay at the Ohio Youth Department.

Marlean Ames outside of her lawyer’s office in Akron, Ohio, on Feb. 20, 2025. The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a woman's claim that she was discriminated against at work because she is ...

Under that rule, Marlean Ames, a straight woman from Ohio, was denied the ability to sue her employer for what she alleges was discrimination against her sexual orientation.

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously revived a 2020 lawsuit by Marlean Ames, who claims she was discriminated against for being heterosexual by the Ohio Department of Youth Services. The 61-year-old ...

The court ruled in an appeal from Marlean Ames, who has worked for the Ohio Department of Youth Services for more than 20 years. Get the latest breaking news as it happens.

Marlean Ames outside of her lawyer’s office in Akron, Ohio, on Feb. 20, 2025. The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a woman's claim that she was discriminated against at work because she is ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed on June 5 that a worker faced a higher hurdle to sue her employer as a straight woman than if she'd been gay. The unanimous decision, which landed amid a national ...

Marlean Ames outside of her lawyer’s office in Akron, Ohio, on Feb. 20, 2025. The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a woman's claim that she was discriminated against at work because she is ...