Tag: colorado anti-discrimination act
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Transgender athlete lawsuit filed by El Paso County districts, schools dismissed
As public debate rages on over transgender athletes participating in women’s sports, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by multiple El Paso County school districts and charter schools against the Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and the Colorado Civil Rights Division over their policies affecting student athletes. Senior U.S. District Judge John L.…
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Transgender athlete lawsuit filed by El Paso County districts, schools dismissed
As public debate rages on over transgender athletes participating in women’s sports, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by multiple El Paso County school districts and charter schools, including Monument Academy, against the Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and the Colorado Civil Rights Division over their policies affecting student athletes. Senior U.S. District…
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D-49 charter school lawsuit alleges student’s medical needs aren’t being met
EDITOR’S NOTE: The initial version of this story incorrectly named the charter school as “Mountain Valley Academy.” The school’s name is “Mountain View Academy.” A Peyton parent has filed a lawsuit against Mountain View Academy and District 49 for denying their child with disabilities access to their private nurse during school. The complaint, filed in…
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Colorado justices explore limits of anti-discrimination law in Masterpiece Cakeshop appeal
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court explored on Tuesday the tension between LGBTQ customers’ ability to be free from discrimination in the marketplace and business owners’ competing right not to be forced to express messages that violate their conscience. During oral arguments, some justices noted the difficulty of disentangling customers’ protected characteristics, like race or…
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Federal judge refuses to force Black bank customer to arbitrate discrimination claims
A federal judge last month refused to find that a mandatory arbitration clause in the fine print of a Black customer’s bank account agreement prohibited her from pursuing claims of racial discrimination in court. Jeanetta Vaughn filed suit against Chase Bank after the manager of its S. Buckley Road branch in Aurora called the police…