Counsel For Worker, Funeral Home, EEOC Argue Transgender Bias Before High Court

Mealey's (October 8, 2019, 3:47 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Oct. 8 on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protections from the attorney representing Aimee Stephens, a transgender worker, the attorney representing the funeral home where Stephens used to work and the solicitor general on behalf of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which originally brought the lawsuit on Stephens’ behalf and now supports a ruling in favor of the employer (R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, et al., No. 18-107, U.S. Sup.)....