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Cite as:  590 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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KAVANAUGH, J., dissenting 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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Nos. 17–1618, 17–1623 and 18–107 
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17–1618 

GERALD LYNN BOSTOCK, PETITIONER 
v. 
CLAYTON COUNTY, GEORGIA 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT 

17–1623 

ALTITUDE EXPRESS, INC., ET AL., PETITIONERS 
v. 
MELISSA ZARDA AND WILLIAM ALLEN MOORE, JR., 
CO-INDEPENDENT EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF 
DONALD ZARDA 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT 

R.G. & G.R. HARRIS FUNERAL HOMES, INC., 
PETITIONER 
18–107 
v. 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, 
ET AL. 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT 

[June 15, 2020]

 JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, dissenting. 
Like many cases in this Court, this case boils down to one
fundamental question: Who decides?  Title VII of the Civil 
Rights  Act  of  1964  prohibits  employment  discrimination 
“because of ” an individual’s “race, color, religion, sex, or na-
tional  origin.”    The  question  here  is  whether  Title  VII