Legal Opinion
Schwartz v. Galveston Independent School District
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided March 10, 1970No. Civ. A. 69-G-185PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION:
NOEL, District Judge.
This is a suit for injunctive relief by a student against school officials. Plaintiff complains of his threatened suspension for the violation of a regulation restricting the way he may wear his hair. The issue is not whether the plaintiff has the right to wear long hair in the usual context, for the regulation permits hair to be worn much longer than what might be termed conventional or usual in Galveston, Texas. The issue is whether the School Board has the right to regulate to any extent the length of a student’s hair and therefore plaintiff’s hair.
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2Cases cited53 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Claudine Hall v. Sylvia GarsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press v. American Telephone & Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Mr. And Mrs. Ardmore Canton v. Spokane School District 81, a Public CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Gilbert Moreno v. Gerald C. Henckel, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Lee Pervis, by His Next Friend Mrs. Elvin Pervis v. Lamarque Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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