Legal Opinion

Morrison v. Hamilton County Board of Education

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided May 7, 1973Published

1Opinion of the Court

494 S.W.2d 770 (1973)

Jack MORRISON, Appellant,

v.

HAMILTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 7, 1973.

Bean, Phillips & Bean, Chattanooga, for appellant.

Samuel H. Payne, Asst. County Atty., Chattanooga, for appellee.

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…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. L. W. Ferrell and Jo Ferrell, Next Friends of Phillip Ferrell v. Dallas Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  3. Michael Jackson v. C. R. DorrierCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
  4. Waugh v. Board of Trustees of Univ. of Miss.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  5. Leonard v. School Committee of AttleboroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965

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