Supreme Court Cases

Lewis v. City of Chicago - Determined that the requirements for the timely filing of federal employment discrimination claims are regulated by the facts of the case, not a bright-line rule. May 2010

Miller v. Albright - Determined whether it is constitutional, under the Equal Protection Clause, to enforce different requirements for citizenship on an out-of-wedlock child who is born abroad to a U.S. citizen, depending upon whether the U.S. citizen is the child's mother or father. April 1998

Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan - Determined whether the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause prohibits a state from excluding men from a public nursing college. July 1982

Nguyen v. INS - Determined whether it is constitutional, under the Equal Protection Clause, to enforce different requirements for citizenship on out-of-wedlock child who is born abroad to a U.S. citizen, depending upon whether the U.S. citizen is the child's mother or father. June 2001

Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services - Determined whether Title VII's prohibition against workplace sexual harassment applies to same-sex sexual harassment. March 1998

Parents...v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education - Determined whether local school districts may take race into account in order to maintain an integrated school system. June 2007