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Supreme Court Hears Case of Female Police Officer Who Claims Sex Discrimination

A win for the plaintiff could bolster lawsuits against workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
Supreme Court Hears Case of Female Police Officer Who Claims Sex Discrimination
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan stands during a group photograph of the justices at the Supreme Court in Washington on April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court heard on Dec. 6 the case of a Missouri police sergeant who argues that a city illegally discriminated against her by giving her a lateral job transfer she didn’t want.

Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow of the St. Louis Police Department claims that she was forced out of the intelligence unit, transferred to a less prestigious job she didn’t like, and denied a requested transfer because she is a woman, leaving her in a dead-end job, although it has the same pay as her previous position.