Sex discrimination in employment: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Sex discrimination in employment,” part of the Civil Rights area.

Legal provisions most often involved

All 44 decisions, newest first

• Muldrow v. City of St. Louis
  144 S. Ct. 967Decided April 17, 20249–0Elena Kagan
• Bostock v. Clayton County
  140 S. Ct. 1731Decided June 15, 20206–3Neil M. Gorsuch
• Young v. UPS
  575 U.S. 206Decided March 25, 20156–3Stephen G. Breyer
• AT&T Corporation v. Noreen Hulteen
  556 U.S. 701Decided May 18, 20097–2David H. Souter
• Vicky S. Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
  555 U.S. 271Decided January 26, 20099–0David H. Souter
• Lilly M. Ledbetter v. the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Inc.
  550 U.S. 618Decided May 29, 20075–4Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company v. Sheila White
  548 U.S. 53Decided June 22, 20069–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Jenifer Arbaugh v. Y & H Corporation
  546 U.S. 500Decided February 22, 20068–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Pennsylvania State Police v. Nancy Drew Suders
  542 U.S. 129Decided June 14, 20048–1Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Desert Palace, Inc. v. Catharina F. Costa
  539 U.S. 90Decided June 9, 20039–0Clarence Thomas
• Sharon B. Pollard v. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company
  532 U.S. 843Decided June 4, 20018–0Clarence Thomas
• Clark County School District v. Shirley A. Breeden
  532 U.S. 268Decided April 23, 20019–0Per curiam
• Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Kimberly B. Ellerth
  524 U.S. 742Decided June 26, 19987–2Anthony M. Kennedy
• Beth Ann Faragher v. City of Boca Raton
  524 U.S. 775Decided June 26, 19987–2David H. Souter
• Joseph Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services
  523 U.S. 75Decided March 4, 19989–0Antonin Scalia
• Christine McKennon v. Nashville Banner Publishing Company
  513 U.S. 352Decided January 23, 19959–0Anthony M. Kennedy
• Teresa Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
  510 U.S. 17Decided November 9, 19939–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• International Union v. Johnson Controls, Inc.
  499 U.S. 187Decided March 20, 19919–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins
  490 U.S. 228Decided May 1, 19896–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• Florida v. Long
  487 U.S. 223Decided June 22, 19885–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Wimberly v. Labor and Industrial Relations Commission of Missouri
  479 U.S. 511Decided January 21, 19878–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• California Federal Savings & Loan Assn. v. Guerra
  479 U.S. 272Decided January 13, 19876–3Thurgood Marshall
• Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson
  477 U.S. 57Decided June 19, 19869–0William H. Rehnquist
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City
  470 U.S. 564Decided March 19, 19859–0Byron R. White
• Hishon v. King & Spalding
  467 U.S. 69Decided May 22, 19849–0Warren E. Burger
• Arizona Governing Committee for Tax Deferred Annuity and Deferred Compensation Plans v. Norris
  463 U.S. 1073Decided July 6, 19835–4Per curiam
• Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  462 U.S. 669Decided June 20, 19837–2John Paul Stevens
• Ford Motor Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  458 U.S. 219Decided June 28, 19826–3Sandra Day O'Connor
• North Haven Board of Education v. Bell
  456 U.S. 512Decided May 17, 19826–3Harry A. Blackmun
• Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
  455 U.S. 385Decided February 24, 19828–0Byron R. White
• County of Washington v. Gunther
  452 U.S. 161Decided June 8, 19815–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Great American Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Novotny
  442 U.S. 366Decided June 11, 19796–3Potter Stewart
• Davis v. Passman
  442 U.S. 228Decided June 5, 19795–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power v. Manhart
  435 U.S. 702Decided April 25, 19786–2John Paul Stevens
• Nashville Gas Co. v. Satty
  434 U.S. 136Decided December 6, 19779–0William H. Rehnquist
• Richmond Unified School District v. Berg
  434 U.S. 158Decided December 6, 19779–0Per curiam
• Dothard v. Rawlinson
  433 U.S. 321Decided June 27, 19777–2Potter Stewart
• General Electric Co. v. Gilbert
  429 U.S. 125Decided December 7, 19766–3William H. Rehnquist
• Turner v. Department of Employment Security of UtahLaw held unconstitutional
  423 U.S. 44Decided November 17, 19755–3Per curiam
• Geduldig v. Aiello
  417 U.S. 484Decided June 17, 19746–3Potter Stewart
• Corning Glass Works v. Brennan
  417 U.S. 188Decided June 3, 19745–3Thurgood Marshall
• Cleveland Board of Education v. Lafleur
  414 U.S. 632Decided January 21, 19747–2Potter Stewart
• Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp.
  400 U.S. 542Decided January 25, 19719–0Per curiam
• Goesaert v. Cleary
  335 U.S. 464Decided December 20, 19486–3Felix Frankfurter

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error