Samantha Elauf

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Samantha Elauf is an American Muslim woman whose denied employment at Abercrombie & Fitch because of her hijab led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on religious discrimination in hiring.

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instanceOf American Muslim ⓘ
human ⓘ
litigant ⓘ
appliedForPositionAt Abercrombie & Fitch ⓘ
basedIn Oklahoma ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
employer Abercrombie & Fitch ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arab American ⓘ
linked to: Arab Americans
gender female ⓘ
hasBeenSubjectOf legal scholarship on anti-discrimination law ⓘ
media coverage on workplace religious rights ⓘ
hasRole plaintiff ⓘ
knownFor advancing protections for religious expression in the workplace ⓘ
challenging Abercrombie & Fitch hiring practices ⓘ
legalCase EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. ⓘ
legalCaseCitation EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., 575 U.S. 768 (2015) ⓘ
legalCaseDecisionDate 2015 ⓘ
legalCaseFiledBy Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
legalCaseIssue Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
religious accommodation in hiring ⓘ
legalCaseJurisdiction Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
legalCaseMajorityOpinionBy Antonin Scalia ⓘ
legalCaseOutcome decision in favor of Samantha Elauf ⓘ
employer liability for failing to accommodate religious practice ⓘ
legalCaseVote 8–1 decision ⓘ
notableFor EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. ⓘ
placeOfBirth Tulsa, Oklahoma ⓘ
reasonForEmploymentDenial Abercrombie & Fitch Look Policy ⓘ
wearing a hijab ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
representedBy Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ
residence Tulsa, Oklahoma ⓘ
victimOf employment discrimination ⓘ
religious discrimination ⓘ
wears hijab ⓘ

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