The Supreme Court appears poised to issue a ruling in favor of a straight woman's discrimination case, reversing a lower court's decision that required a higher burden of proof.

US Supreme Court justices appear set to rule in favour of a woman who claims she faced workplace discrimination for being heterosexual. Marlean Ames brought the "reverse discrimination" case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act after allegedly being passed over for promotions that went to gay colleagues.

Marlean Ames has alleged she was wrongly passed over for promotion in favor of a lesbian and then demoted in favor of a gay man.