Marlean Ames alleged that the Ohio Department of Youth Services passed her over for promotion because she is heterosexual. REUTERS. Her complaint will be sent back to the lower courts for further ...

Marlean Ames challenged rulings requiring members of majority groups to meet a higher bar to prove job discrimination than groups that traditionally face bias. Updated February 26, 2025 5 min ...

The significance of Supreme Court's ruling in reverse discrimination case 01:29. Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a lawsuit from an Ohio woman who claimed she was the victim of ...

Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of an Ohio woman who claimed workplace discrimination, finding that majority groups in protected classes don't need to meet higher evidentiary standards in ...

Marlean Ames of Ohio wants the Supreme Court to reject rulings that make it harder to prove discrimination if you are straight, White or male. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

The justices rejected a lower court’s ruling that Marlean Ames could not sue the Ohio Department of Youth Services because she’d failed to provide “background circumstances” showing the ...

When Marlean Ames tried to sue the Ohio Department of Youth Services, lower courts said she’d failed to provide “background circumstances” showing the department was “that unusual employer ...

Marlean Ames sued the Ohio Department of Youth Services under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits sex discrimination in the workplace, after a lesbian woman obtained a promotion she ...

Marlean Ames, who claims she was passed over for jobs because she is a straight woman, stands outside her lawyer’s office in Akron, Ohio. (Maddie McGarvey / for The Washington Post via Getty Images) ...

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 ...

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.

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.