A “groundbreaking” Seventh Circuit decision, holding that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits sexual orientation discrimination, creates a circuit split that could pave the way for U.S. Supreme Court review (Hively v. Ivy Tech Cmty. Coll. of Ind., 2017 BL 110393, 7th Cir. en banc, No. 15-1720, 4/4/17).
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit April 4 ruled Title VII’s ban on sex discrimination precludes employers from discriminating against lesbian and gay workers based on their sexual orientation. With the 8-3 ruling, the Seventh Circuit becomes the only federal appeals ...