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CUPIT v. BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT

No. 9327.

277 So.2d 454 (1973)

Marion Allen CUPIT et al. v. BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Keogh, City Parish Atty., and Charles Pilcher, Asst. City Parish Atty., Baton Rouge, for appellants.

Dennis R. Whalen, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before LOTTINGER, ELLIS and CRAIN, JJ.

ELLIS, Judge.

Plaintiffs Marion Allen Cupit and Jerry Lynn Cupit are members of the Police Department of the City of Baton Rouge. Some time after becoming policemen, they became members of a religious group, the tenets of which forbid them to shave.

Baton Rouge Police Department Regulation 305 reads as follows:

"Personal Appearance "Every member of the department must at all times appear to be neat and clean; he must keep his clothing...

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