Legal Opinion
John E. Zeller v. Donegal School District Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 8, 1975No. 72-1009PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
The question is whether a schoolboy’s complaint for money damages, filed after his exclusion from a soccer team for noncompliance with an athletic code regulating hair, states a claim for which relief can be granted under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Defendants are the Donegal School District, its president and chief executive officer, its superintendent of schools, the principal of Donegal High School, the school’s athletic director and the coach of the soccer team. Plaintiffs contend that the code, which defendants promulgated, trenches…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Fesel v. Masonic Home of Delaware, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1978
- Endress v. Brookdale Community CollegeNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1976
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