Overview
- The justices granted review Monday in consolidated appeals from former Georgia Tech coach MaChelle Joseph and Augusta University professor Thomas Crowther.
- The court will decide whether Title IX lets employees at federally funded schools sue over sex discrimination in employment rather than relying only on Title VII.
- The Atlanta-based 11th Circuit ruled in 2024 that employees cannot use Title IX for such claims, and other appeals courts have reached conflicting results.
- The Justice Department under President Trump urged the court to take the case and argued that Congress limited job-bias claims to Title VII’s scheme and capped damages.
- Joseph alleges unequal support and a 2019 firing, and Crowther disputes a harassment probe before his 2021 nonrenewal, with arguments expected during the fall term.