Case Summary – EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch

Jennifer Milak

On June 1, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.  The majority opinion, authored by Justice Antonin Scalia, analyzed whether an employer must have actual knowledge of an applicant or employee’s religious belief before the protections of Title VII attach to him or her. In…