Mealey's (March 16, 2018, 10:54 AM EDT) -- ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina federal judge on March 15 ruled that a fired employee’s claim of sexual orientation discrimination failed because Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals precedent dictates that the alleged bias is not one protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Randall R. Snyder Jr. v. Ohio Electric Motors, Inc., et al., No. 17-134, W.D. N.C., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 42719)....