Young v. United Parcel Service
Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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12-1226 | 4th Cir. | Dec 3, 2014 | Mar 25, 2015 | 6-3 | Breyer | OT 2014 |
Holding: A plaintiff alleging that the denial of an accommodation constituted disparate treatment under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which requires employers to treat "women affected by pregnancy . . . the same for all employment-related purposes . . . as other persons not so affected but similar in their ability or inability to work," may make out a prima facie case by showing that she belongs to the protected class, that she sought accommodation, that the employer did not accommodate her, and that the employer did accommodate others similar in their ability or inability to work. The employer may then seek to justify its refusal to accommodate the plaintiff by relying on "legitimate, nondiscriminatory" reasons for denying accommodation.
Judgment: Vacated and remanded, 6-3, in an opinion by Justice Breyer on March 25, 2015. Justice Alito filed an opinion concurring in the judgement. Justice Scalia filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Kennedy and Thomas joined. Justice Kennedy filed a dissenting opinion.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Opinion analysis: Fashioning a remedy for pregnancy bias (Lyle Denniston, March 25, 2015)
- Argument analysis: "As compared to what?" (Lyle Denniston, December 3, 2014)
- Argument preview: Pregnancy and workplace equality (Lyle Denniston, December 2, 2014)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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04/08/2013 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 10, 2013) |
05/02/2013 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 10, 2013. |
05/10/2013 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors, and Women's Rights Organizations filed. |
06/07/2013 | Brief of respondent United Parcel Service, Inc. in opposition filed. |
06/12/2013 | Reply of petitioner Peggy Young filed. |
06/19/2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 30, 2013. |
10/07/2013 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
05/19/2014 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
06/02/2014 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Peggy Young filed. |
06/03/2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 19, 2014. |
06/04/2014 | Supplemental brief of respondent United Parcel Service, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
06/23/2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 26, 2014. |
06/30/2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 30, 2014. |
07/01/2014 | Petition GRANTED. |
07/18/2014 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 4, 2014. |
07/18/2014 | The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 24, 2014. |
07/29/2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
07/31/2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
09/04/2014 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 3, 2014. |
09/04/2014 | Brief of petitioner Peggy Young filed. |
09/04/2014 | Joint appendix filed (two Volumes). (Statement of costs filed.) |
09/10/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors and Women's and Civil Rights Organizations filed. |
09/10/2014 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and A Better Balance, et al. filed. |
09/11/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Black Women's Health Imperative, et al. filed. |
09/11/2014 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. |
09/11/2014 | Brief amici curiae of U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, et al. filed. |
09/11/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. |
09/11/2014 | Brief amici curiae of 23 Pro-Life Organizations and the Judicial Education Project filed. |
09/11/2014 | Brief amici curiae of National Education Association, et al. filed. |
09/11/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan State and Local Legislators filed. |
09/11/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Health Care Providers, et al. filed. |
09/11/2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights filed. |
09/22/2014 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
09/22/2014 | Record requested from U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit. |
09/25/2014 | Record received from U.S.D.C. of Maryland. The record is electronic and located on PACER. |
10/03/2014 | Record received from U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. Also received from U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit is 1 Box, the records are SEALED. |
10/24/2014 | Brief of respondent United Parcel Service, Inc. filed. |
10/31/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council, et al. filed. |
10/31/2014 | Brief amicus curiae of American Trucking Associations, Inc. filed. |
10/31/2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Inc. filed. |
10/31/2014 | Brief amicus curiae of U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed. |
11/03/2014 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
11/07/2014 | CIRCULATED. |
11/20/2014 | Reply of petitioner Peggy Young filed. (Distributed) |
12/03/2014 | Argued. For petitioner: Samuel R. Bagenstos, Ann Arbor, Mich.; and Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Caitlin J. Halligan, New York, N. Y. |
03/25/2015 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kennedy and Thomas, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
03/25/2015 | Record from U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit has been returned. |
04/27/2015 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |