Below is a list of U.S. Supreme Court cases involving employment discrimination.

• Griggs v. Duke Power Co. (1971)
  The Court held that specific requirements in education and intelligence tests utilized as conditions of employment tended to exclude African-American job applicants, therefore they did not relate to job performance, and were prohibited by law.

• Cleveland Bd. of Ed. V. LaFleur (1974)
  The Court held that the Ohio public school policy of mandatory maternity leave rules for pregnant teachers violated constitutional guarantees of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

• Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson (1986)
  The Court held that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a claim of "hostile environment" sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination.

• Johnson v. Transportation Agency (1987)
  The Court held that a county transportation agency utilized facts that an employee's sex was taken into consideration when promoting her and that was justified.

• Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Serv., Inc. (1987)
  The Court held that under Title VII of the the Civil Rights Act of 1964. sex discrimination can consist of same-sex sexual harassment which can form the basis for a valid claim.
  

• Burlington Industries, Inc. Ellerth (1998)
  In this sexual harassment case, the Court held even if the employee suffers no job consequences, the employee who refuses unwelcome and threatening sexual advances of a supervisor may file a claim against the employer without showing the employer is at fault for the supervisor's actions.

• Faragher v. City of Boca Raton (1998)
  The Court held that the reasonablemness of both the employer and employee will be utilized to determine whether an employer may be liable for sexual discrimination caused by a supervisor.