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EARWOOD v. CONTINENTAL SOUTHEASTERN LINES, INC.

No. 75-2221.

539 F.2d 1349 (1976)

Ronald EARWOOD, Appellee, v. CONTINENTAL SOUTHEASTERN LINES, INC. (formerly Carolina Scenic Stages, Inc.), et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 25, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. T. Cranfill, Jr. and Ernest W. Machen, Jr., Charlotte, N. C. (John F. Ray, Blakeney, Alexander & Machen, Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellants.

George S. Daly, Jr., Charlotte, N. C. (Casey, Daly & Bennett, Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

Continental Southeastern Lines, Inc., appeals from a judgment of the district court awarding back pay and ordering Continental to cease enforcing its hair length regulation for male bus drivers. We reverse because we are persuaded that sex-differentiated grooming standards do not, without more, constitute discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Continental employs men and women in several different job categories...

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