41.   The ruling also reassured feminists, who had worried that the high court might use the case to restrict the proliferating use of sexual discrimination claims in the workplace.

42.   While several discrimination claims have been verified by USDA investigators, monetary settlements have not been made.

43.   With employees growing emboldened about discrimination claims, corporations have become more sophisticated and aggressive about defending themselves.

44.   Withers later withdrew the age discrimination claim.

45.   Arbitration has increasingly been used to resolve a wide variety of disputes including employment discrimination claims.

46.   Jurors found that BellSouth illegally fired Jeffrey Bander after he filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination claim.

47.   Successful race, sex and other discrimination claims against employers are a major source of such back pay awards.

48.   The company disputed the findings which are one step in a long process of bringing discrimination claims under federal civil rights laws.

49.   The government denies the discrimination claim.

50.   The grading system spawned several reverse-discrimination lawsuits brought by white males, in addition to the age discrimination claim.