What CFOs Should Take Away From the Ames v. Ohio Decision

A Lawyer Who Litigated Grutter v. Bollinger Comments on the Court's Recent Case on Discrimination Against Majority Groups

I've known Michael Rosman at the Center for Individual Rights for 30 years; he has litigated many important cases, including with regard to racial preferences, and was one of the lawyers in Grutter v. Bollinger. I'm therefore delighted to pass along his short reaction to Ames v. Ohio Dep't of Youth Services; all the remaining text of the post is Michael's: In Ames v. Ohio Dept. of Youth Services, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected the "backg…

What CFOs should take away from the Ames v. Ohio decision

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling eliminates the concept of reverse discrimination and changes how majority-group status is treated in bias claims.

Supreme Court Confirms Title VII’s Standard Is the Same for Majority and Minority-Group Plaintiffs

On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously held in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services that the standard for establishing a Title VII claim is the same for all individuals, regardless of whether they belong to a majority or minority group. In doing so, the Court rejected the application of the “background circumstances” rule, which had previously required members of a majority group to meet a heightened evidentiary…