William Allen Hough v. Dr. Robert Seaman

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

This case represents a challenge by Air Force reservists to the anti-wig regulation of the Air Force, as applied to their use of hair wigs at their week-end drills “so long as the wigs, per se, conform to Air Force specifications.”1

The regulation, attacked by the plaintiffs, provides:

“Wigs. Wigs or hair pieces will not be worn while on duty or in uniform except for cosmetic reasons to cover natural baldness or physical disfiguration. If under these conditions, a wig or hair piece is worn, it will conform to Air Force specifications.”

We recognize that the military…