SCOTUS to Hear Female St. Louis Police Sergeant’s Job Bias Case

The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a St. Louis police sergeant’s claims that her forced transfer out of the intelligence unit and the denial of her subsequent transfer request was sex bias.

The justices will address a circuit split on the proper standard for evaluating whether alleged incidents of workplace discrimination are actionable under federal civil rights laws. The court limited the question presented: “Does Title VII prohibit discrimination in transfer decisions absent a separate court determination that the transfer decision caused a significant disadvantage?”

At issue is the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit’s ruling ...