List of gender equality lawsuits

This page has a list of lawsuits related to equality of the sexes.

Lawsuit	Subject of lawsuit	Court of decision	Year of decision
Allonby v Accrington and Rossendale College	equal pay for work of equal value	European Court of Justice	2004
Association belge des Consommateurs Test-Achats ASBL v Conseil des ministres	prohibition of sexual discrimination in insurance policies and fares	European Court of Justice	2011
Attorney General v Dow	mother's ability to pass on citizenship to children	Botswana Court of Appeal	1992
Bhe v Magistrate, Khayelitsha	inheritance by women under customary law	Constitutional Court of South Africa	2004
Bliss v Canada (AG)	unemployment insurance benefits during pregnancy	Supreme Court of Canada	1978
Califano v. Goldfarb	protection afforded wage earners for surviving spouses	Supreme Court of the United States	1977
Canada (AG) v Lavell	Indian status retained or lost by Indian women marrying non-Indian men	Supreme Court of Canada	1973
Chen-Oster v. Goldman Sachs & Co.	certified class of over 2,000 female associates and vice-presidents challenging systemic discrimination in pay, promotions, and performance reviews	United States District Court for the Southern District of New York	2018
Chrapliwy v. Uniroyal, Inc.	segregated hiring and seniority system	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	1982
Craig v. Boren	age of majority for purchasing "nonintoxicating" beer	Supreme Court of the United States	1976
Equal Opportunities Commission v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry	incompatibility of employment equality regulations	High Court of England and Wales	2007
Fairchild v. Hughes	right to vote	Supreme Court of the United States	1922
Fraser v Children's Court, Pretoria North	consent to adoption by unmarried fathers	Constitutional Court of South Africa	1997
Fronterio v. Richardson	decided that benefits given by the United States military to the family of service members cannot be given out differently because of sex	Supreme Court of the United States	1973
Geduldig v. Aiello	disability insurance benefits for female workers during normal pregnancy	Supreme Court of the United States	1974
Goesaert v. Cleary	employment as bartenders	Supreme Court of the United States	1948
Gonzalez v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.	limits to minority and female employment	United States District Court for the Northern District of California	2004
Hong v. Facebook, Inc.	tech-employment sex and race discrimination	San Mateo County Superior Court	2015
Huang v. Twitter	class action sex discrimination lawsuit		2015
J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B.	Intentional discrimination on the basis of sex by state actors in the use of peremptory strikes in jury selection	United States Supreme Court	1994
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.	statute of limitations on pay discrimination	Supreme Court of the United States	2007
Leser v. Garnett	right to vote	Supreme Court of the United States	1922
Mauldin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	health insurance not covering prescription contraceptives	United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia	2006
Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan	admission to School of Nursing	Supreme Court of the United States	1982
Mmusi and Others v Ramantele and Another	inheritance by women under customary law	Botswana Court of Appeal	2013
Native Women's Assn of Canada v Canada	financial support for interest groups	Supreme Court of Canada	1994
Orr v. Orr	alimony	Supreme Court of the United States	1979
Pao v. Kleiner Perkins	employment discrimination based on sex	San Francisco County Superior Court	2015
Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney	hiring preference to veterans over non-veterans	Supreme Court of the United States	1979
R v Sullivan	status of a fetus as a person, with implications for women's rights	Supreme Court of Canada	1991
Rajender v. University of Minnesota	employment discrimination based on sex	United States District Court for the District of Minnesota	1980
Reed v. Reed	administrating estates cannot discriminate between sexes	Supreme Court of the United States	1971
Roberts v. United States Jaycees	full membership	Supreme Court of the United States	1984
Rostker v. Goldberg	upholding the Selective Service Act of 1948 requiring only men to register for the military draft	Supreme Court of the United States	1981
Schultz v. Wheaton Glass Co.	equal pay for men and women	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit	1970
Stanton v. Stanton	age of majority, with implications for child support	Supreme Court of the United States	1975
Stopps v Just Ladies Fitness (Metrotown) Ltd	admission policy	British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal	2006
Sessions v Morales-Santana	Statutory distinction in citizenship for unwed citizen mothers and unwed citizen fathers of foreign-born children	United States Supreme Court	2017
Thibaudeau v Canada	income taxability of alimony for child support received by ex-wife from ex-husband	Supreme Court of Canada	1995
Trociuk v British Columbia (AG)	control of identity on child's birth certificate	Supreme Court of Canada	2003
United Automobile Workers v. Johnson Controls, Inc.	fetal protection policies impede the hiring of females	Supreme Court of the United States	1991
United States v. Virginia	struck down the long-standing male-only admission policy of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI)	Supreme Court of the United States	1996
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes	discrimination in promotions, pay, and job assignments	Supreme Court of the United States	2011
Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld	special benefits for widows and widowers caring for minor children	Supreme Court of the United States	1975

See also

• Ladies' night § Legality in the United States

External links

• Walmart Class (class action sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart)
• Judge certifies Wal-Mart class action - U.S. business- nbcnews.com