MATTER OF ABDUSH-SHAHID v. NEW YORK STATE NARCOTIC ADDICTION CONTROL COMM'N


34 N.Y.2d 538 (1974)

In the Matter of Luqman Abdush-Shahid, Appellant, v. New York State Narcotic Addiction Control Commission, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Chevigny for appellant.

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

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, RABIN and STEVENS concur.


MEMORANDUM.

It does not appear with certainty that petitioner could not have obtained a religious dispensation to accommodate his clothing to the requirements of his superiors under the dress code. Nor does it appear that the clothing requirement by the agency was justified by the needs of the facility or petitioner's duties sufficient to override a religious sentiment sincerely held. On this view the court does not find...

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