{"id":355599,"date":"2016-04-04T10:41:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T15:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/civilrights\/civil-rights-overview\/civil-rights-u-s-supreme-court-decisions.html"},"modified":"2023-10-16T15:24:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:24:12","slug":"civil-rights-u-s-supreme-court-decisions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/civilrights\/civil-rights-overview\/civil-rights-u-s-supreme-court-decisions.html","title":{"rendered":"Civil Rights: US Supreme Court Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Civil Rights: US Supreme Court Decisions<\/h1>\n
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From race and gender discrimination to sexual orientation discrimination and struggles over disability rights, civil rights<\/a> cases are a significant area of law that the U.S. Supreme Court has encountered on many occasions.<\/p>\r\n

The U.S. Supreme Court is the highest federal court in the United States. Cases begin in a lower court, often a district court. They are then appealed to a court of appeals. Only rarely do they move all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court for oral argument and judicial review. Below is a list of U.S. Supreme Court cases involving civil rights and discrimination.<\/p>\r\n

Racial Discrimination<\/h2>\r\n