In Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, the Supreme Court held that:

In Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, the Supreme Court held that:
 A) a plaintiff need to demonstrate and prove that the defendant used multiple prohibited factors (race, color, gender, religion, or natural origin) as a motive for an employment action.
 B) the plaintiff's demonstration for a mixed motive situation can only be made by circumstantial evidence.
 C) if an employer has considered an illegal factor under Title VII (race, sex, color, religion, or national origin) in making an employment decision, the employer must demonstrate that it would have reached the same decision if it had not considered the illegal factor.
 D) the employer violates Title VII when an illegal factor is considered, even though there may have been other factors also motivating the decision or practice.