Washington transgender spa fight reaches Supreme Court

• The state has maintained the spa's policy violates protections against discrimination based on gender identity.

Driving the news: The Supreme Court formally added Olympus Spa's petition to its docket last week, though that doesn't mean the justices will agree to hear the case.

Catch up quick: The dispute began in 2020 after a transgender woman complained to the state that the spa had denied her entry.

• A federal appeals court ruled against the spa last year.
• In March, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to reconsider the case, drawing national attention after Judge Lawrence VanDyke opened a blistering dissent with the line, "This is a case about swinging dicks."

What they're saying: "Washington's public accommodation law has been weaponized against women and teenage girls who wish to be left alone in their intimate spaces," Olympus Spa attorney Kevin Snider told Axios.

What we're watching: Whether the justices decide to take up the petition.