Case from Ohio woman could transform workplace discrimination claims and lead to flood of lawsuits

The US supreme court justices appeared to lean on Wednesday toward making it easier for people from “majority backgrounds”, such as white or heterosexual people, to pursue workplace discrimination claims, as they heard an appeal by an Ohio woman who claims she was denied a promotion and demoted because she is heterosexual.

The court heard oral arguments in a case that has the potential to transform workplace discrimination claims and unleash a flood of lawsuits from white people, straight people and men.