Legal Opinion
Whitis v. United States
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided January 10, 1974No. 73-417-Civ-T-HPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
HODGES, District Judge.
The complaint in this ease was filed on August 21, 1973, by Steve Whitis and Alan K. Fout as members of the 4th Amphibian Tractor Battalion, United States Marine Corps Reserve, Tampa, Florida. Plaintiffs prayed for declaratory and injunctive relief against a Marine Corps policy prohibiting the wearing of short-hair wigs by long-hair reservists as an artificial means of complying with the Marine Corps regulation pertaining to grooming and hair length.
The complaint alleged that the Plaintiffs were threatened with immediate induction…
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