Legal Opinion
Gorman v. St. Raphael Academy
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 15, 2004No. 2003-371-AppealPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTELL, Justice.
By all accounts, Russell Gorman III is an exemplary student at Saint Raphael Academy. During his freshman year, he was an honors student, incurred no disciplinary infractions, played freshman basketball, and was a member of the Ambassador’s Club, in which he would help out with open house and visit middle schools, literally, as an ambassador for Saint Raphael. Yet, in his second or third week of school, he faced expulsion — his only offense being the length of his hair. 1
Unwilling to trim his locks and unable to untangle the disciplinary snarl with school officials,…
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