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Employment Discrimination Litigation

WLP Files Brief in Sex Discrimination Case with Other National Women’s Organizations

On Friday, March 19, 2010, the Women’s Law Project, National Partnership for Women & Families, and National Women’s Law Center filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in an important Title VII sex discrimination case, Alyson Kirleis v. Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote.

Prowel v. Wise Business Forms,07-3997 (3d Cir. Aug. 28, 2009)

On Friday, August 28, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a ruling in Prowel v. Wise Business Forms,07-3997 (3d Cir. Aug. 28, 2009), which states clearly that a plaintiff can bring a claim of gender stereotyping sex discrimination under Title VII even if there is coexisting evidence of sexual orientation discrimination.  This ruling is an important victory for women’s rights advocates and will have an especially helpful impact on women in nontraditional employment, who frequently uffer not only gender stereotyping discrimination, but also discrimination on the basis of their real or perceived sexual orientation. More on Prowel v. Wise Business Forms.

Lanning v. SEPTA

In 2001, the WLP joined women’s and civil rights organizations in an amicus brief arguing for a reversal of a District Court opinion that allowed employers to set hiring standards how they would like, without relating these standards to successful job performance. The brief supported a lower court decision against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, requiring employers to defend hiring standards as the minimum necessary for job performance and dealing a critical victory for women police officers, working women and the public.