Supreme Court Sends Transgender Student's Case Back to Lower Court
The Supreme Court decided not to hear the case of a transgender high school student who challenged a Virginia county school board over a policy that restricts bathroom access to individuals based on their biological sex. Dozens of major technology…
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companies, including Apple and Microsoft, last week filed an amici brief supporting student Gavin Grimm against the Gloucester County School Board (see 1703020037). The high court, which had scheduled oral argument later this month, said it remanded the case to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for further consideration "in light of the guidance document issued by the Department of Education and Department of Justice on February 22." The departments withdrew guidance issued last year that required public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms based on their gender identity (see 1702230035). A district court upheld the school's bathroom policy, but the 4th Circuit overturned that decision last year.