United States Supreme Court

In an action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against an employer, arising out of the refusal to hire plaintiff because her headscarf worn as part of her religion conflicted with the employee dress policy, the Tenth Circuit grant of summary judgment to employer, on the ground that failure-to-accommodate liability attaches only when the applicant provides the employer with actual knowledge of his/her need for an accommodation, is reversed and remanded where to prevail in a disparate-treatment claim, an applicant need show only that his/her need for an accommodation was a motivating factor in the employer's decision, not that the employer had knowledge of his/her need.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/01/2015
• Published 06/01/2015

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• Scalia

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• United States Supreme Court

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