Nevada Brothel Seeks to Nix Ruling Bias Law Covers Prostitutes

Nevada’s Chicken Ranch wants the Ninth Circuit to review and dismiss claims by two of its prostitutes who allege it violated federal job bias law by harassing and otherwise discriminating and retaliating against them and their co-workers because they are Black, federal court records show.

The question of whether the brothel, which is legal only in Nevada, is an “employer” covered by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act is “an issue of first impression,” the brothel says in its motion seeking immediate appeal of a lower court’s denial of its motion to dismiss its workers would-be class claims. ...