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DODGE v. GIANT FOOD, INC.

No. 71-1415.

488 F.2d 1333 (1973)

Stephen DODGE et al., Appellants, v. GIANT FOOD, INC.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Paul Noble, Washington, D. C., with whom Thomas O. Mann, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellants.

David W. Rutstein, Washington, D. C., with whom Robert F. Rolnick, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellee.

Julia P. Cooper, Chief, App. Section, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Charles L. Reischel, Atty., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, filed a brief on behalf of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urging reversal.

Robert A. W. Boraks and John Ellsworth Stein, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union Fund as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Before TAMM, MacKINNON and ROBB, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs are male employees of Giant Food, Inc., a food store chain, who have been discharged or assigned to unfavorable positions because they chose to wear their hair longer than permitted by Giant's grooming regulations. Plaintiffs filed this class action1 contending that the defendant's grooming regulations violate the prohibition against sex discrimination contained in Title...

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