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· 2/28/1975

Eugene R. Brown v. D. C. Transit System, Inc.

Citations

  • 523 F.2d 725
  • 173 U.S. App. D.C. 130
  • 1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 15873
  • 9 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 9978
  • 10 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 841

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  • holding that, unless there is evidence of pretext or bad faith, “[t]he wearing of a uniform, the type of uniform, the requirement of hirsute conformity applicable to whites and blacks alike, are simply nondiscriminatory conditions of employment”
  • rejecting claim by black male employees that race-neutral grooming regulation, which prohibited most facial hair, violated Title VII despite contention by employees that the regulation was “an ‘extreme and gross suppression of them as black men and (was
  • rejecting claim by black male employees that race-neutral grooming regulation, which prohibited most facial hair, violated Title VII despite contention by employees that the regulation was “an ‘extreme and gross suppression of them as black men and (was

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