ONGOING CASES
B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
On April 16, 2024, the Fourth Circuit ruled in favor of the plaintiff, a middle school-aged trans athlete, and held that a West Virginia law prohibiting trans students from participating equally in school sports violated Title IX. After initially declining the state’s petition for review, the Supreme Court decided to consider the case in its 2026 term, making this the second critically important trans rights case that the high court will consider in under two years.
Poe v. Labrador
NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
On April 15, 2024, the Supreme Court temporarily revived an Idaho law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth. This is the first time the justices have intervened in a case on this issue. The parties await a decision on the case's merits from the Idaho district court.