WITTMER v. PHILLIPS 66 CO.

No. 18-20251.

915 F.3d 328 (2019)

Nicole C. WITTMER, Plaintiff-Appellant v. PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED February 6, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfonso Kennard, Jr., Esq. , Senior Counsel, Kennard Miller Hernandez, P.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Shauna Johnson Clark, Esq. , Fazila Issa , Joy Michele Soloway , Norton Rose Fulbright US, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Jeremy D. Horowitz , Gail S. Coleman , Elizabeth Ellen Theran , U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel/Appellate Services, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Christopher Stoll , National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA, Omar Francisco Gonzalez-Pagan , New York, NY, Gregory R. Nevins , Atlanta, GA, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Incorporated for Amici Curiae National Center for Lesbian Rights, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Incorporated, ACLU of Texas Foundation, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, Lamda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Incorporated, Freedom for All Americans.

Adam K. Mortara , Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae Adam K. Mortara.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, ELROD, and HO, Circuit Judges.


Over the past two years, three circuits have construed Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit employers from discriminating on the basis of either sexual orientation or transgender status. See Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc., 883 F.3d 100...

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