Legal Opinion
Potter v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 6, 2009No. 07-7163, 07-7164PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*544Opinion for the Court by Circuit Judge ROGERS. .
Concurring opinion by Senior Judge WILLIAMS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
The District of Columbia requires its firefighters and emergency medical service (“EMS”) workers (together “firefighters”) to be clean shaven. A number of firefighters who wear beards for religious reasons challenged this requirement under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb et seq. (“RFRA”). The district court granted summary judgment to the firefighters upon finding that the District of Columbia had not shown a material issue as to whether the requirement…
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