This memo analyzes the Supreme Court’s June 2025 decision in Ames v. Ohio Dep’t of Youth Servs., 605 U.S. 303, 145 S. Ct. 1540 (2025), which resolved a significant circuit split regarding evidentiary standards for “reverse discrimination” Title VII disparate-treatment claims. The Court unanimously rejected the routinely enforced “background circumstance…
Supreme Court Eliminates Heightened Burden for Majority-Group Plaintiffs in Title VII Cases
Key Takeaways from Ames v. Ohio Dep’t of Youth Servs., 605 U.S. 303, 145 S. Ct. 1540 (2025)
