Legal Opinion
Steele v. Sexton
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided January 7, 1931No. Calendar 35,221PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWiest, J.
By writ of certiorari we here review denial of a writ of mandamus in the circuit court.
Plaintiff, while a' student in the central high school of the city of Lansing, became a member of an association or student fraternity styled “Phi Epsilon. ’ ’ The general school law, chapter 33, pt. 2, Act No. 319, Pub. Acts 1927 (2 Comp. Laws 1929, §§ 7664-7667), made it unlawful for him to join or belong to any school fraternity or student secret society, gave the school board power to suspend or expel a violator, and declared it illegal for school officials to give an offender credit for a subject…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Waugh v. Board of Trustees of Univ. of Miss.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Wilson v. Board of Education of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Board of Trustees of University v. WaughMississippi Supreme Court · 1913
- Wayland v. HughesWashington Supreme Court · 1906
- Lee v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1918
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3Cited by10 opinions
- People v. LorentzenMichigan Supreme Court · 1972
- Satan Fraternity v. Board of Public InstructionSupreme Court of Florida · 1945
- Burkitt v. School District No. 1Oregon Supreme Court · 1952
- Passel v. Fort Worth Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Holroyd v. EiblingOhio Court of Appeals · 1962
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