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KNOTT v. MISSOURI PAC. RY. CO.

Nos. 75-1285 and 75-1317.

527 F.2d 1249 (1975)

William J. KNOTT, Appellant, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee. Marvin L. WAMSGANZ et al., Appellants, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1975.

Rehearing Denied February 12, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Sears, Green, Hennings & Henry, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

R. W. Yost, Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge, and STEPHENSON and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.

MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.

These cases present the question whether a private employer's grooming code imposing limits on the hair length of male employees while at the same time not imposing similar limits on the hair length of female employees constitutes sex discrimination in violation of Section 703 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2. The district court held that Title VII does not prohibit an employer from discharging male...

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