( February 6, 2026, 10:34 AM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel vacated a ruling in favor of the defendant that granted judgment on the pleadings and remanded a fired GM employee’s reverse-discrimination case to a Michigan federal court, finding that the “background circumstances” that were previously necessary to plead reverse discrimination no longer apply following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Ames v. Ohio Dep’t of Youth Servs....