Justices to Weigh Evidence Rule in Reverse Discrimination Suit

The US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a reverse discrimination case when the justices return to the bench at the end of the month.

A heterosexual woman is asking the court to revive her lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Youth Services where she’s worked since 2004 after the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said she hadn’t shown the “background circumstances” necessary to take her case to trial.

The court didn’t just ask for a little bit more evidence, it asked for a lot more, said Xiao Wang, director of the University of Virginia’s Supreme Court ...