Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Abercrombie's appeal of EEOC's case against the company due to Abercrombie's decision to settle EEOC's claims following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of EEOC. The company has paid $25,670 in damages to Elauf and $18,983 in court costs. "We were extremely pleased with the Supreme Court ruling in our favor, which has reinforced our longstanding efforts to enforce Title VII's prohibition against religious discrimination," said EEOC General Counsel David Lopez. "We are now even more pleased to have final resolution of this case and to have Ms. Elauf receive the monetary damages awarded to her by a jury in 2011." In its June 1, 2015 decision, the Supreme Court held that an employer may not refuse to hire an applicant if the employer was motivated by avoiding the need to accommodate a religious practice. Such behavior violates the prohibition on religious discrimination contained in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.