On January 24, 2011, in an 8-0 Decision, the United States Supreme Court, in Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP, Civil Action No. 09-291 (2011) reversed the lower courts’ dismissal of the case, and held, that if the facts alleged are true, an employer violates the anti-retaliation provision in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by terminating an employee in alleged retaliation for his fiancée’s filing a charge of discrimination with the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). (more)