Legal Opinion
Patrick Hayden v. Greensburg Community School Co
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 24, 2014No. 13-1757PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
On behalf of their son, A.H., Patrick and Melissa Hayden challenge a policy which requires boys playing interscholastic basketball at the public high school in Greens-burg, Indiana, to keep their hair cut short. The Haydens make two principal arguments: (1) the hair-length policy arbitrarily intrudes upon their son’s liberty interest in choosing his own hair length, and thus violates his right to substantive due process, and (2) because the policy applies only to boys and not girls wishing to play basketball, the policy constitutes sex discrimination. The district court…
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