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The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday that a female police officer in St. Louis may sue for employment discrimination over a forced lateral transfer to another position in the police department.
The ruling will open the courthouse doors to more employment discrimination suits. Justice Elena Kagan, writing for six justices, said that “many cases will come out differently” under the court’s decision. But she added that “there is reason to doubt that the floodgates will open” to allow “insubstantial lawsuits.”
The case concerned Jatonya...
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