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RIEGLER v. HOLIDAY SKATING RINK, INC.

Docket No. 55224, (Calendar No. 2).

393 Mich. 607 (1975)

227 N.W.2d 759

RIEGLER v. HOLIDAY SKATING RINK, INC.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCroskey, Libner, VanLeuven, Kortering, Cochrane & Brock (by Timothy J. Bott), for plaintiff.

Amicus Curiae: Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Michael A. Lockman, for the Department of Civil Rights.

LEVIN, J.

The question is whether § 146 of the Penal Code,1 before its 1972 amendment, prohibited discrimination in public accommodations based on hair length.

John Riegler was denied admission to the Holiday Skating Rink because his hair, alleged to be "slightly shorter than shoulder length", was too long.

Riegler filed a complaint in the circuit court requesting that Holiday Skating Rink be enjoined from excluding...

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