Legal Opinion
Sadruddin v. City of Newark
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided February 11, 1999No. Civil Action 98-361PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALLS, District Judge.
Defendant City of Newark and individual defendants move to dismiss the complaint of plaintiffs Ibrahim Abdul-Haqq, Abdul Hakim Sadruddin and Raymond Hunter for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The motion is denied.
Factual Background
Ibrahim Abdul-Haqq (“Haqq”) had been employed as a Newark City Firefighter and Battalion Chief since 1983. The Newark Fire Department (“the Department”) maintains an employment regulation, General Order D-5 (“Order D-5”), which prohibits the wearing of beards, goatees or other hair on or about the chin or lower…
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