Legal Opinion
A.A. Ex Rel. Betenbaugh v. Needville Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 9, 2010No. 09-20091PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
A Native American boy and his parents challenge a school district’s requirement that he wear his long hair in a bun on top of his head or in a braid tucked into his shirt. We agree with the district court that the requirement offends a sincere religious belief and hold it invalid under Texas law.
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When this dispute began, A.A. was a five-year-old prospective kindergartner whose parents were planning to move to Needville, Texas, a small town located forty-five miles southwest of downtown Houston. The school district in Needville1 has long had a grooming…
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3Cited by48 opinions
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