A federal appellate court ruled for Abercrombie & Fitch against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the case of a prospective Muslim employee who claimed the retailer passed her over for a job because she wore a headscarf for religious reasons.
Barely a week after the retailer settled similar claims in California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacated an Oklahoma federal trial judge summary judgment in the commission’s favor and a jury award of $20,000 in compensatory damages to Samantha Elauf. The court also granted summary judgment to Abercrombie.
