Legal Opinion
Laucher v. Simpson
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided November 15, 1971No. 597PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff, a 17-year-old junior, was barred from classes at Centerburg High School until he stopped wearing his hair at a length in violation of the dress code adopted by the board of education.
This code reads in pertinent part :
“(boys) Sideburns must be mid-ear, straight and groomed. Hair must not touch eyebrows or come down over ears or touch dress shirt collar in back.”
Plaintiff filed an action in the Common Pleas Court requesting an injunction which would prevent his being barred from classes.
The trial court, after a full hearing, upheld the school board’s dress code and refused to grant…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- L. W. Ferrell and Jo Ferrell, Next Friends of Phillip Ferrell v. Dallas Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Leonard v. School Committee of AttleboroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Holroyd v. EiblingOhio Court of Appeals · 1962
- State, Ex Rel. Humphrey v. AdkinsOhio Court of Appeals · 1969
3Cited by10 opinions
- Smith v. W. Va. State Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
- Royer v. Bd. of EducationOhio Court of Appeals · 1977
- Donaldson ex rel. Reyes v. Board of Education for Danville School District No. 118Appellate Court of Illinois · 1981
- Morgan v. Girard City School Dist.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1993
- Cross v. Princeton City School District Board of Education, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County1989
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