Quinn v. Muscare

The respondent, a lieutenant in the Chicago Fire Department, was suspended from his job for a 29-day period in 1974 as a result of charges related to his violation of the department’s personal-appearance regulation. Following the suspension, the respondent brought an action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois seeking an injunction and backpay on the ground that the regulation infringed his constitutional right to determine “the details of his personal appearance.” The department defended the challenged regulation as a safety measure designed to insure…