Legal Opinion
Pik-Kwik Stores, Inc. v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 9, 1976PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarber, J.
A job applicant, hereinafter called “complainant,” applied to the plaintiff corporation, which operates numerous supermarkets in the Waterbury area, for any type of work that was available. The complainant was interviewed and told that he could have a job, provided he cut his hair to comply with the plaintiff’s grooming standards, but the complainant, who wore his hair long, refused to shorten it. Instead, he filed a complaint with the defendant commission alleging that the plaintiff’s grooming standards, which require male employees to have neat, well-groomed hair, off the collar and above…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Alan Willingham v. MacOn Telegraph Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Stephen Dodge v. Giant Food, IncCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Gerald Brent Fagan v. National Cash Register CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Robert E. BAKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA LAND TITLE COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Evening Sentinel v. National Organization for WomenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Ford v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Connecticut, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- Curry v. Allan S. Goodman, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- State v. Commission on Human Rights & OpportunitiesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Indiana Civil Rights Commission v. Sutherland LumberIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
- Wroblewski v. Lexington Gardens, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
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