WILLINGHAM v. MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISHING COMPANY

No. 72-2078.

482 F.2d 535 (1973)

Alan WILLINGHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISHING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Granted September 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Marchman, Jr., Macon, Ga., Edward L. Baety, Field Atty., EEOC, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles L. Reischel, EEOC, Washington, D.C., Wayne S. Hyatt, Atlanta, Ga., for Roger D. Gravette, amicus curiae.

E. S. Sell, Jr., Macon, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

John Bacheller, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for Rollins, Inc., amicus curiae.

Before TUTTLE, WISDOM and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Granted September 5, 1973.

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

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