Goldman Sachs was granted an interlocutory appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Wednesday, a move that sends questions over former Goldman employees’ standing in a long-running gender bias suit to the higher court for review.

Southern District Judge Analisa Torres said in her opinion that precedent on whether former employees seeking injunctive or declaratory relief lack standing, and whether a former employee who didn’t claim to be fired unlawfully can be reinstated under Title VII federal employment protections required review.