Legal Opinion

Willingham v. MacOn Telegraph Publishing Co.

District Court, M.D. Georgia

Decided April 11, 1972No. Civ. A. 2694PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOOTLE, Senior Judge:

Plaintiff, who is a twenty-two year old male Caucasian, comes to this court complaining that he is the victim of invidious sexual discrimination in that the defendant refused to hire him solely because of the long hair style which he affected, while at the same time not imposing similar hair length standards on female applicants and employees, all in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. Additionally, he invokes the provisions of the Civil Rights Acts enacted shortly following the Civil War, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, to invest…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Eastern Greyhound Lines v. New York State Division of Human RightsNew York Court of Appeals · 1970

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Alan Willingham v. MacOn Telegraph Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  2. Stephen Dodge v. Giant Food, IncCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  3. Gerald Brent Fagan v. National Cash Register CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  4. Willingham v. Macon Telegraph Publishing Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  5. Eugene R. Brown v. D. C. Transit System, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975

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