June 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether workers can bring discrimination lawsuits based on unwanted workplace transfers that were allegedly motivated by bias, an issue that can make or break many cases.
Muldrow appealed a lower court's ruling that the conduct by the police department could not form the basis of a discrimination lawsuit.
The Supreme Court will hear the case in its next term, which begins in October.
The Supreme Court on Friday took no action on a separate case questioning whether paid suspensions count as adverse employment actions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The department has said officers are routinely transferred and the plaintiff's supervisor transferred more than 20 officers when he took over the unit.
Persons:
St, Louis, Jatonya Muldrow, Muldrow, Joe Biden's, VII, Daniel Wiessner, Will Dunham
Organizations:
U.S, Supreme, Civil, Thomson
Locations:
Albany , New York