Employment Cases

United Auto Workers v. Johnson Controls, Inc. - Determined whether a policy that prohibits potentially fertile and pregnant women from participating in occupations that could be detrimental to their reproductive capacities constitutes sex discrimination in violation of Title VII. March 1991

USPS Board of Governers v. Aikens - Determined evidence requirements to prove discriminatory intent in a prima facie discrimination case under Title VII for discrimination in promotion. April 1983

Valdez v. Truss Components - Determined the right to sue under Title VII for wrongful discharge when a woman is dismissed from employment because her batterer works in the same establishment and has threatened with violence if she is not fired. August 1999

Wal-Mart v. Dukes - Determined whether Wal-Mart's female employees should be treated as a nationwide class in a Title VII suit against their employer. June 2011

Wedow and Kline v. Kansas City - Determined whether a city's failure to provide properly-sized protective clothing and its failure to provide adequate restrooms, showers and private changing facilities in firehouses, constitutes sex discrimination. March 2006

Wright v. Universal Maritime Service Corp. - Determined an employee's ability to bring discrimination suit in court despite a mandatory arbitration clause in the union contract. November 1998