Supreme Court Declines Female Law Professor’s Pay Bias Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday decided against reviewing a Florida A&M University law professor’s lawsuit alleging that a pay inequity study showed she was subjected to sex discrimination, and also retaliated against for previously suing for pay bias.

The pay study was finalized a few weeks after a jury rejected Jennifer Smith’s first lawsuit. The jury credited Smith’s evidence that she was paid less than similar male professors but found she didn’t prove the difference was because of her sex.

Smith claimed in the new suit that the study confirmed her sex really was the cause as ...