 In upholding the ruling, the Eleventh Circuit pointed to their ruling in "Evans" that dismissed the Supreme Court's precedent against sex discrimination set by "Price Waterhouse" and "Oncale".The Eleventh Circuit's ruling in "Evans" conflicted with that of the Seventh Circuit in "Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana" (2017) in which, by an 8–3 decision, the Circuit found that discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation violated Title VII.The Second Circuit came to the same conclusion in "Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc." (2018) ("Altitude Express").