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WILLINGHAM v. MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISHING CO.

No. 72-2078.

507 F.2d 1084 (1975)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 12, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

James M. Simons, Austin, Tex., Charles L. Reischel, EEOC, Washington, D. C., Wayne S. Hyatt, Atlanta, Ga., amicus curiae, for Roger D. Gravette.

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

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

R. James George, Jr., Austin, Tex., amicus curiae, for Newspapers, Inc.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE, WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORNBERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON, MORGAN, CLARK and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Alan Willingham, plaintiff-appellant, applied for employment with defendant-appellee Macon Telegraph Publishing Co., Macon, Georgia (Macon Telegraph) as a display or copy layout artist on July 28, 1970.1 Macon Telegraph refused to hire Willingham. The suit below alleged that the sole basis for refusal to hire was objection to the length of his hair. On July 30, 1970, he filed a complaint with the Equal Employment...

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