Justices to Mull Harm Needed for Suits Over Biased Job Transfers

The US Supreme Court will consider expanding job bias protections in a case involving a former St. Louis police sergeant’s claims that her forced transfer out of the intelligence unit and denial of her later transfer request was illegal sex discrimination.

During oral argument Wednesday, counsel for Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow will challenge a lower court ruling that tossed her lawsuit against the city because the personnel decisions weren’t adverse employment actions covered by federal anti-discrimination law.

Neither the transfer nor the denial created a “materially significant disadvantage” and thus couldn’t support job bias claims, a panel of three US Court ...