Grayer v. Hagler

Sognier, Judge.

Tony Grayer instituted suit against Dr. Thomas Hagler, Superintendent of Bibb County Schools, and several high school officials, claiming his civil rights had been violated when he was declared ineligible to play varsity basketball during his senior year in high school. This ineligibility resulted from Grayer’s alleged violation of the “migratory rule,” which denies eligibility to students who transfer from one school to another during the school year without an accompanying parental change of residence. The trial court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to…