Many of the world's most ground-breaking inventions came out of Renaissance Europe. The years between the late 14th and early 17th centuries were characterised by imagination, experimentation and change in the schools of science, design and engineering.
at 79-80. Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 490 U.S. 228 (1989). The Supreme Court recognized that employment discrimination based on sex stereotypes (e.g., assumptions and/or expectations about how persons of a certain sex should dress, behave, etc.) is unlawful sex discrimination under Title VII.
Two recent examples of such suits are the dispute between New York and New Jersey to settle title to Ellis Island, New Jersey v. New York (1998), and the dispute among several states allocating the water flowing in the North Platte River. Nebraska v. Wyoming and Colorado (2001).