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