5th Circuit Issues 1st Impression Ruling On Bias Issues After Bostock

(June 22, 2023, 1:39 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Two businesses that argue that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prevents them from making decisions according to their religious beliefs showed that they have standing to sue, that their claims against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are ripe despite no enforcement action by the agency and that they are exempt from Title VII compliance, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, reversing class certification granted by the trial and declining to determine what policies, after the ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, are prohibited by Title VII....