Legal Opinion
Knott v. Missouri Pacific Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 30, 1975No. Nos. 75-1285 and 75-1317PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.
These cases present the question whether a private employer’s grooming code imposing limits on the hair length of male employees while at the same time not imposing similar limits on the hair length of female employees constitutes sex discrimination in violation of Section 703 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2. The district court held that Title VII does not prohibit an employer from discharging male employees who refuse to keep their hair trimmed within the limits prescribed by the company’s grooming code. See Knott v. Missouri…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mary Burke Sprogis v. United Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- Mrs. Lorena W. Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company v. Mrs. Lorena W. WeeksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Alan Willingham v. MacOn Telegraph Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Stephen Dodge v. Giant Food, IncCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Dafro M. JEFFERIES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARRIS COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Christine A. Craft, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Metromedia, Inc., Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Curran v. Portland Superintending School CommitteeDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1977
- Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2018
- Patrick Hayden v. Greensburg Community School CoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
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