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Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda

“Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda” (formerly “Zarda v. Altitude Express”) derives from the firing in 2010 of Donald Zarda from his skydiving job at Altitude Express and his belief that it was because of his sexual orientation. After Zarda’s death in 2014 in a base jumping accident his family continued the case. The Supreme Court heard arguments on the case in October 2019 along with another involving sexual orientation, “Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia,” and one involving gender identity, “R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.” Each of the plaintiffs assert that the protections on the basis of “sex” in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 should apply to them. A ruling in their favor would be legally revolutionary.

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