Legal Opinion
Scott v. Board or Education
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 18, 1969PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBernard S. Meyer, J.
Does a school board have power to proscribe the wearing of slacks in school by female students ? The court holds that board regulation of dress is valid only to the extent necessary to protect the safety of the wearer, male or female, or to control disturbance or distraction which interferes with the education of other students. Since paragraph 3 of the Dress Regulations For the Secondary School' adopted by the respondent board is a flat prohibition “ of girls wearing slacks ” except when 11 permitted by the principal between December 1 and March 31 on petition by the student council when…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- L. W. Ferrell and Jo Ferrell, Next Friends of Phillip Ferrell v. Dallas Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Vernon Park Realty, Inc. v. City of Mount VernonNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Leonard v. School Committee of AttleboroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Pugsley v. SellmeyerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Price v. New York City Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- Purfield v. KathraneCivil Court of the City of New York · 1973
- Conyers v. GlennDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971
- Ladson v. Board of EducationNew York Supreme Court · 1971
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