June 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that a straight woman can move forward with her Title VII Civil Rights Act job discrimination lawsuit, which claimed "reverse discrimination."

The justices voted 9-0 to side with Marlean Ames, ruling that she faced a higher burden to be able to sue for discrimination as a straight woman after she was passed up for job opportunities in favor of two LGBTQ applicants.

"We conclude that Title VII does not impose such a heightened standard on majority-group plaintiffs," the court wrote.

Ames sued the Ohio Department of Youth Services after she was denied a management position in favor of a lesbian woman hired for that job.

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