discrimination case
Prejudice-based legal action
A discrimination case is a legal action alleging unfair treatment based on protected characteristics—race, sex, religion, disability, age, or similar grounds.
The term appears in employment law, housing disputes, and civil rights contexts: She filed a discrimination case against her former employer.
The phrase can also refer informally to any situation presenting clear evidence of discriminatory treatment: The pay disparity was a textbook discrimination case.
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- legal battleDispute resolved through courts
- class actionLawsuit filed for many
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
plaintiff · defendant · court · day in court · verdict · settlement · out of court · testimony · burden of proof · civil rights · Title VII · harassment · workplace · employment law · hostile work environment · EEOC · injustice · complaint
- lawsuitslawsuit, litigation, civil suit, suit, court case
- legal casescivil case, court cases, landmark cases, federal case, civil cases
- court rulingsrulings, divorce decree, judgments, annulment, verdicts
- workplace disciplinedisciplinary action, disciplinary hearing, disciplinary record, disciplinary review, corrective action
discrimination casecriminal prosecution
Government's legal action against accused
criminal case · criminal trial · murder trial · contract dispute · property dispute
discrimination caseequal treatment
Uniform handling regardless of identity
fair treatment · non-discrimination · nondiscrimination · equal opportunity · equal protection
discrimination, discriminate, discriminating, discriminatory, discriminator, indiscriminate, indiscriminately, nondiscriminatory, criminal