on behalf of two women, Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson. Both were voluntarily admitted to the psychiatric unit of a state-run Georgia hospital, but were then held there in isolation in the years following their initial treatments — even after being medically cleared to move to a more community-based setting.
The court voted 6–3 in favor of the two women, ruling that Georgia had violated the “integration mandate.” Ginsburg wrote the , in which she reinforced an important right afforded to individuals with disabilities, including mental illnesses. The “unjustified isolation” of Curtis and Wilson “perpetuates assumptions that persons so isolated are incapable or unworthy of participating in community life,” she wrote.
The Supreme Court abided by that rule, and voted 5–4 in favor of Goodyear. Ginsburg wrote the dissenting opinion, pointing out the fact that Ledbetter couldn’t have filed her complaint sooner because she didn’t know she was being discriminated against. “The Court’s insistence on immediate contest overlooks common characteristics of pay discrimination,” she
. “Pay disparities often occur, as they did in Ledbetter’s case, in small increments; cause to suspect that discrimination is at work develops over time. Comparative pay information, moreover, is often hidden from the employee’s view.”
Why not Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York? Tell the kids about that one.
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