Legal Opinion
Willingham v. Macon Telegraph Publishing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1973No. 72-2078PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the question whether an employer’s grooming code requiring male job applicants to adhere to a hair style different from that required of female job applicants 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, 352 F.Supp. 1018, held that Title VII did not prohibit an employer from refusing to hire a male applicant because of his hair length while at the same time not imposing similar limits on the hair length of female applicants. We reverse and remand.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Virginia v. RivesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- 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
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Patterson v. American Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Stephen Dodge v. Giant Food, IncCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Alice BOBO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ITT, CONTINENTAL BAKING COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Held v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1974
- Hearth v. Metropolitan Transit CommissionDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1977
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