MATTER OF UMAR v. NEW YORK STATE NARCOTIC ADDICTION CONTROL COMM'N


28 N.Y.2d 732 (1971)

In the Matter of Muhammad Umar, Appellant, v. New York State Narcotic Addiction Control Commission et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond S. Calamaro and Paul G. Chevigny for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Mortimer Sattler and Samuel A. Hirshowitz of counsel), for respondents.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.


Order reversed, without costs, and the respondent commission's determination annulled in a memorandum. Memorandum: The order appealed from should be reversed, without costs, and the respondent's determination suspending the petitioner for 15 days for insubordination annulled, on the ground that in the present context the respondent's regulation that its male personnel "shall not allow their hair to grow to an undue length" (italics supplied) is so vague and uncertain...

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