Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 5, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 5, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Jackson
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 605 U. S. Part 1 Pages 303–326 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 5, 2025 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. OCTOBER TERM, 2024 303 Syllabus AMES v. OHIO DEPT. OF YOUTH SERVICES certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit No. 23–1039. Argued February 26, 2025—Decided June 5, 2025 Petitioner Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, has worked for the Ohio Department of Youth Services in various roles since 2004. In 2019, the agency interviewed Ames for a new management position but ultimately hired another candidate—a lesbian woman. The agency subsequently demoted Ames from her role as a program administrator and later hired a gay man to fll that role. Ames then fled this lawsuit against the agency under Title VII, alleging that she was denied the management promotion and demoted because of her sexual orientation. The District Court granted summary judgment to the agency, and the Sixth Circuit affrmed. The courts below analyzed Ames's claims under McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U. S. 792, which sets…
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