The NFL team that asked former LSU running back Derrius Guice about his sexual orientation at the scouting combine may have violated federal law, labor attorneys told USA TODAY Sports on Thursday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled last April that discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Indianapolis-based attorney Sandra Blevins said whichever NFL team asked that question of Guice at the combine would have run afoul of the law.

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William Gould, professor emeritus at Stanford Law School, told USA TODAY Sports that he expects the U.S. Supreme Court to ultimately take up one of the LGBTQ employment cases in the next couple of years, since appeals courts have interpreted the Civil Rights Act differently.

“There are more than 20 states, along with hundreds of municipalities, that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation,” Gould said.