Nicole Wittmer v. Phillips 66 Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HO, Circuit Judge:
*330Over the past two years, three circuits have construed Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit employers from discriminating on the basis of either sexual orientation or transgender status. See Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc ., 883 F.3d 100 (2nd Cir. 2018) (en banc); EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc ., 884 F.3d 560 (6th Cir. 2018) ; Hively v. Ivy Tech Cmty. Coll. of Ind. , 853 F.3d 339 (7th Cir. 2017) (en banc).
The district court here examined these recent out-of-circuit rulings, found them "persuasive," and thus "assume[d]" that Title VII…
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