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· 9/19/1979

Indiana Civil Rights Commission v. Sutherland Lumber

Citations

  • 394 N.E.2d 949
  • 182 Ind. App. 133
  • 71 Ind. Dec. 469
  • 1979 Ind. App. LEXIS 1324
  • 21 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 30,403
  • 26 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 834

How courts have described this case

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  • private employer's facial hair regulation is not sex discrimination under the Indiana Civil Rights Law
  • private employer’s facial hair regulation is not sex discrimination under the Indiana Civil Rights Law
  • where federal and state statutory language is the same or similar, federal decisions may be persuasive authority that a court may consider
  • where statutory language is same or similar, federal decisions may be very persuasive authority and we will give careful consideration to such decisions even though they are not binding
  • male employee fired for refusing to shave his mustache
  • male employee fired for refusing to shave his mustache

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Judges: Staton, Garrard, Hoffman

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