Justices to Review Case Tied to Pregnancy Retaliation Lawsuit

The US Supreme Court will consider a dispute on pleading requirements stemming from a lawsuit accusing a former Georgia prosecutor of firing a deputy after being informed she was pregnant.

The case granted Monday centers on the requirements of defendants under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The question for the justices is whether a defendant may assert an affirmative defense as the basis for a summary judgment motion, after failing to earlier plead that affirmative defense in an answer to a lawsuit.

Jasmine Younge accused Paul Howard, the former district attorney of Fulton County, of firing her as his ...