No. 20-1373

Wanza Cole v. Wake County Board of Education

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-31
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split civil-rights detrimental-effect employment-discrimination protected-status statutory-interpretation title-vii
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-06-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Title VII prohibit discrimination as to all 'terms, conditions, or privileges of employment,' or is its reach limited to only discriminatory employer conduct that courts determine have significant detrimental effects on employees?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it unlawful for an employer “to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual” with respect to “compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment” on the basis of race, religion, sex, or other protected status. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1). The Fourth Circuit below— following binding circuit precedent limiting the reach of Title VII to discriminatory conduct that imposes “significant detrimental effect” on employees—held that certain discriminatory job transfers are not prohibited by Title VII. The question presented is: Does Title VII prohibit discrimination as to all “terms, conditions, or privileges of employment,” or is its reach limited to only discriminatory employer conduct that courts determine have significant detrimental effects on employees?

Docket Entries

2021-06-07
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Constitutional Accountability Center GRANTED.
2021-06-07
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/3/2021.
2021-05-14
Reply of petitioner Wanza Cole filed. (Distributed)
2021-04-30
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Constitutional Accountability Center.
2021-04-30
Brief of respondent Wake County Board of Education in opposition filed.
2021-03-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 30, 2021)

Attorneys

Constitutional Accountability Center
Brianne Jenna GorodConstitutional Accountability Center, Amicus
Wake County Board of Education
Colin Alexander ShiveTharrington Smith, LLP, Respondent
Wanza Cole
Brian WolfmanGeorgetown Law Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic, Petitioner