Title VII

…not committed religious discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when they fired employees who refused or were ineligible to become members of the church. In its decision the court held that Section 702 of the act did not violate the First Amendment’s establishment clause, which…

…Civil Rights Act of 1964—whose Title VII prohibited (among other things) discrimination on the basis of race by employers involved in interstate commerce—the company officially abandoned this restriction and instituted the high-school-diploma and intelligence-test requirements for transfers.

…in a majority opinion that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination—including sex discrimination—by trade unions, schools, or employers involved in interstate commerce or doing business with the federal government, also applies to discrimination against gays (including lesbians) and transgender persons. According to Gorsuch, it…

…ruled (9–0) that plaintiffs in Title VII workplace-harassment suits need not prove psychological injury. However, the court acknowledged that an offensive joke or comment is unlikely to be grounds for sexual-harassment suits.

She then filed suit under Title VII against Taylor and the bank, alleging that she had been subjected to sexual harassment during her tenure in the job. Vinson claimed that she had had sexual intercourse with Taylor on multiple occasions, out of fear of losing her job, and that he…