Police v City of Newark
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Police v City of Newark (170 F.3d 359 (3d Cir. 1999)) is a case that was argued before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on 1998-06-25, that was decided on 1999-03-03, and the decision in which was inspected during the Samuel Alito Supreme Court nomination.
In this case, the City of Newark had ordered its police officers to be clean-shaven, however, it made exception for medical conditions. Two Muslim members of the police asserted a religious belief that required them to maintain beards, and filed a lawsuit complaining that their freedom of religion was being violated.
The Distrtic court ruled in their favor, and it was affirmed by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals who found that the city had failed to provide a substantial justification for refusing to make accommodation for religious belief in this policy.
[edit] Further reading
- PDF of Lexis version of Court of Appeal document on the case
- HTML of Court of Appeal document on the case
- Fraternal Order of Police v. City of Newark. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. — The Becket Fund's history of the case.
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