Gerald Lynn Bostock v. Clayton County

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 17-13801
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 1:16-cv-01460-ODE

GERALD LYNN BOSTOCK,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

CLAYTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS,

Defendant,

CLAYTON COUNTY,

Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Georgia
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(August 27, 2020)
ON REMAND FROM THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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Before WILSON, NEWSOM, and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:
When this case came to us initially, binding circuit precedent demanded that
we affirm the district court’s dismissal of Bostock’s Title VII sexual orientation
discrimination claim for failure to state a claim. See Bostock v. Clayton Cty. Bd. of
Comm’rs, 723 F. App’x 964, 964–65 (11th Cir. 2018) (per curiam) (citing relevant
precedent and the prior panel precedent rule). The United States Supreme Court
reversed and remanded our decision. Bostock v. Clayton Cty., 590 U.S. ___, ___,
140 S. Ct. 1731, 1754 (2020). The Supreme Court held that, under the “plain
terms” of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1), an
employer intentionally, necessarily, and illegally discriminates against an
individual because of such individual’s sex when the employer discriminates
against an employee for being homosexual or transgender. See Bostock, 590 U.S.
at ___, ___, 140 S. Ct. at 1741, 1743. For the reasons stated in the Supreme
Court’s decision, we reverse the district court’s dismissal of Bostock’s Title VII
claim and remand for further proceedings consistent with that decision.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
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