Marlean Ames sued Ohio officials claiming she was treated unfairly at work because she is straight.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared likely to allow a woman to pursue a claim that she was discriminated at work because she is straight.
The court's ruling could lower the bar at least in some parts of the country for people belonging to majority groups to bring so-called reverse discrimination claims.
Marlean Ames brought a claim against the Ohio Department of Youth Services under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits sex discrimination in the workplace, after a lesbian woman obtained a promotion she was also seeking. She was then demoted, and her old position was taken by a gay man.