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Lawyers USA’s Top Ten Opinions of 2011 

Published: January 6, 2012

Tags: arbitration, breath test, drunk driving, Facebook, gestational agreement, health care reform, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Obamacare, parental rights, privacy, product liability, sexual orientation discrimination, source code, transgender

As usual, there were a number of noteworthy decisions from federal and state courts in 2011:

1. Topping the list is the 11th Circuit’s decision to strike down the individual mandate in the new federal healthcare reform law.

The federal appeals court’s ruling is probably the
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Gay stagehand’s bias suit against union to proceed 

Published: August 4, 2011

Tags: sexual orientation discrimination, Tennessee, union

A stagehand who claims he lost work on country music awards shows because he is gay has won a federal court ruling that allows him to pursue a discrimination lawsuit against the Nashville, Tenn. local of the theater workers union.

Police sergeant wins $1.1 million in bias case 

Published: May 23, 2011

Tags: California, gay rights, police, retaliation, sexual orientation discrimination

An Los Angeles Police Department sergeant who claimed he was the victim of retaliation for being gay awarded $1.16 million by a jury.

Bill would prohibit sexual orientation discrimination 

Published: April 29, 2011

Tags: Discrimination, sexual orientation, sexual orientation discrimination

A bill outlawing job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity has been introduced in the Senate.

Gay couple wins $3.15 million verdict after being chased, beaten 

By: Tony Ogden
Published: February 28, 2011

Tags: assault, New Jersey, sexual orientation discrimination

A Hudson County, N.J. jury has awarded a gay Union City couple $3.15 million after the couple were chased and beaten following a dispute over their order at a Union City Burger King.

Gay employee can sue for retaliatory discharge 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: January 12, 2011

Tags: hostile work environment, McDonnell Douglas, retaliatory discharge, sexual orientation discrimination, Title VII

A gay employee who was fired after complaining about workplace slurs could sue for retaliatory discharge, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.

Gay miner sues employer over harassment 

By: Tony Ogden
Published: December 28, 2010

Tags: sexual harassment, sexual orientation discrimination, West Virginia

A miner has brought a sexual harassment lawsuit claiming he endured years of verbal abuse and threats from co-workers and managers at several Massey Energy Co. mines in West Virginia. The lawsuit names Massey subsidiary Spartan Mining Co. and a Spartan foreman as defendants.

School district sued for failure to stop bullying 

By: Associated Press
Published: December 13, 2010

Tags: bullying, high school, school bullying, sexual orientation discrimination, Washington

A 19-year-old graduate from Aberdeen High School in Washington State is suing the school district there, saying officials did nothing to keep him from being bullied.

Heated arguments ensue in religious school group case 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: April 19, 2010

Tags: Discrimination, First Amendment, sexual orientation, sexual orientation discrimination, Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – During oral arguments Monday in a case asking whether a public law school has the right to deny benefits to a student group that excludes gays – and requires all members to share its beliefs – exchanges between the justices of the Supreme Court and lawyers got heated at times.

NJ trooper: Suspension was based on lesbian envy 

By: Justin Rebello
Published: January 15, 2010

Tags: police, sexual orientation discrimination

A New Jersey State Police sergeant suspended over accusations that she sexually harassed another female trooper says the State Police treats lesbian troopers unfairly.