Higgins filed suit against the company, but his claim was dismissed because sexual-orientation discrimination is not prohibited by federal law, nor by state law in Maine.

• 黑金斯对公司提出上诉，但他的指控被驳回，因为由性倾向导致的歧视不受到联邦法律的保护，也不受到缅因州法律的保护。