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MILLER v. ACKERMAN

Nos. 73-1426, 73-1484.

488 F.2d 920 (1973)

Clayton MILLER and Dennis Shea et al., Appellees, v. Captain Carl ACKERMAN et al., Appellants. George KLINKHAMMER et al., Appellees, v. James R. SCHLESINGER, Secretary of Defense, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Captain Allan A. Ryan, Jr., U. S. Marine Corps, for appellants.

Donald J. Heffernan, St. Paul, Minn., for Klinkhammer and others.

Richard H. Osborne, Lincoln, Neb., for Miller and others.

Before GIBSON, LAY and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The issue presented in these consolidated appeals is whether a local commander of a Marine Corps Reserve Unit may prohibit the wearing of short-hair wigs as a means of achieving compliance with Marine Corps grooming standards. The plaintiffs attend drills one weekend per month and spend two weeks annually at summer camp with the Marine Corps Reserve. Their commanding officers proscribed the use of short-hair wigs to cover the reservists' natural hair,...

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