EEOC v. R.G. &. G.R. HARRIS FUNERAL HOMES, INC.

No. 16-2424.

884 F.3d 560 (2018)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, Aimee Stephens, Intervenor, v. R.G. &. G.R. HARRIS FUNERAL HOMES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Anne Noel Occhialino , EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. John A. Knight , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, Chicago, Illinois, for Intervenor. Douglas G. Wardlow , ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM, Scottsdale, Arizona, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Anne Noel Occhialino , EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. John A. Knight , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, Chicago, Illinois, Jay D. Kaplan , Daniel S. Korobkin , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN, Detroit, Michigan, for Intervenor. Douglas G. Wardlow , Gary S. McCaleb , ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM, Scottsdale, Arizona, for Appellee. Jennifer C. Pizer , Nancy C. Marcus , LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND, INC., Los Angeles, California, Gregory R. Nevins , LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND, INC., Atlanta, Georgia, Richard B. Katskee , AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, Washington, D.C., Doron M. Kalir , CLEVELAND-MARSHALL COLLEGE OF LAW, Cleveland, Ohio, Elizabeth Reiner Platt , Katherine Franke , PRIVATE RIGHTS/PUBLIC CONSCIENCE PROJECT, New York, New York, Mary Jane Eaton , Wesley R. Powell , Sameer Advani , WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER, LLP, New York, New York, Eric Alan Isaacson , LAW OFFICE OF ERIC ALAN ISAACSON, La Jolla, California, William J. Olson , WILLIAM J. OLSON, P.C., Vienna, Virginia, for Amici Curiae.

Before: MOORE, WHITE, and DONALD, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Aimee Stephens (formerly known as Anthony Stephens) was born biologically male.1 While living and presenting as a man, she worked as a funeral director at R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. ("the Funeral Home"), a closely held for-profit corporation that operates...

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