Saturday, October 24, 2015

Fire Department's Grooming Rules Upheld

In Mann v. City of Moss Point, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 144320 (SD MS, Oct. 23., 2015), a Mississippi federal district court dismissed the claim by a former fire captain that departmental grooming rules barring long hair such as dreadlocks violate his 1st Amendment free exercise rights.