Gorsuch writes Bostock opinion extending job protections to LGBT workers
On 15 June 2020 Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered the 6–3 majority opinion in Bostock v. Clayton County. The Supreme Court held that an employer who dismisses a worker simply for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and it reversed and remanded the lower-court ruling in the Bostock case.
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On 15 June 2020 Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered the 6–3 majority opinion in Bostock v. Clayton County. The Supreme Court held that an employer who dismisses a worker simply for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and it reversed and remanded the lower-court ruling in the Bostock case.
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Factrail. (2026). Gorsuch writes Bostock opinion extending job protections to LGBT workers. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gorsuch-bostock-majority-opinion-2020-06-15
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