Legal Opinion
Morrison v. Hamilton County Board of Education
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 7, 1973PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DYER, Chief Justice.
This case presents the issue of whether a teacher in the public schools of this state can wear a full beard even though such be in violation of rules promulgated by a County Board of Education, pursuant to T.C.A. § 49-214, which statute authorizes a county board of education to “manage and control all county public schools established or that may be established.”
On September 10, 1970, the Hamilton County Board of Education adopted the following rule applicable to students and teachers:
Students and teachers should use such taste in the selection and the wearing of…
2Cases cited7 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
- Michael Jackson v. C. R. DorrierCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Waugh v. Board of Trustees of Univ. of Miss.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Leonard v. School Committee of AttleboroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Smith v. JEFFERSON COUNTY BD. OF SCHOOLCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2011
- East Hartford Education Association v. Board of Education of the Town of East HartfordCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- East Hartford Education Association v. Board of Education of the Town of East HartfordCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- East Hartford Education Association v. Board of Education of the Town of East HartfordCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Morrison v. Hamilton County Board of EducationTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
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