PIK-KWIK STORES v. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS & OPPORTUNITIES


170 Conn. 327 (1976)

PIK-KWIK STORES, INC. v. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released March 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney D. Giber, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Carl R. Ajello, attorney general, and Bernard F. McGovern, Jr., assistant attorney general, for the appellant (defendant).

William J. Larkin, with whom was Paul S. Lux, for the appellee (plaintiff).

HOUSE, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, LONGO and BARBER, JS.


BARBER, J.

A job applicant, hereinafter called "complainant," applied to the plaintiff corporation, which operates numerous supermarkets in the Waterbury area, for any type of work that was available. The complainant was interviewed and told that he could have a job, provided he cut his hair to comply with the plaintiff's grooming standards, but the complainant, who wore his hair long, refused to shorten it. Instead, he filed a complaint with the defendant commission...

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