Muldrow v. City of St. Louis
2024 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muldrow v. City of St. Louis (Docket 22-193) was a United States Supreme Court decision which held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protected against discriminatory job transfers, even where the transfer did not result in a significant disadvantage.
Quick Facts Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Argued December 6, 2023 Decided April 17, 2024 ...
Muldrow v. City of St. Louis | |
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Argued December 6, 2023 Decided April 17, 2024 | |
Full case name | Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, et al. |
Docket no. | 22-193 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Reargument | Reargument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
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Questions presented | |
Does Title VII prohibit discrimination in transfer decisions absent a separate court determination that the transfer decision caused a significant disadvantage? | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Kagan, joined by Roberts, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Barrett, Jackson |
Concurrence | Thomas (in judgment) |
Concurrence | Alito (in judgment) |
Concurrence | Kavanaugh (in judgment) |
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Prior to the Supreme Court's decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit had affirmed the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri's decision that a transfer must result in a "materially significant disadvantage" to be actionable under Title VII.