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Law’s Sharona Hoffman talks about Supreme Court case concerning Akron woman

An Akron woman claims she was demoted because she’s straight. The Supreme Court seems likely to rule in her favor
WKYCSharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, noted that the Supreme Court appears poised to rule in favor of an Akron woman claiming workplace discrimination for being straight. The case could remove extra hurdles for majority-group discrimination claims, Hoffman added.