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James Napier v. Orchard School Foundation
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 23-1659 · judgment May 16, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the opinion of the court of appeals below disregarding evidence of the background circumstances of the employer’s bias against male employees is contrary to the new decision of Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, 605 U.S. 303 (June 5, 2025), which recognized the rights of majority group employees to equal evidentiary standards under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title 42, United States Code, Section 2000e-2(a)(1).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Richard Louis Darst
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 20 2025Petition DENIED.
- Oct 01 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
- Aug 14 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 17, 2025)