Legal Opinion
Westley v. Rossi
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided October 9, 1969No. 5-69 Civ. 50PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEVILLE, District Judge.
In conflict here is a 17 year old boy (appearing by his mother as natural guardian) who wears his hair at shoulder length and the members of the Board of Education, having jurisdiction over the Little Falls, Minnesota public high school where the school authorities adopted a rule providing: “Boys should have neat conventional male haircuts and be clean shaven.” On August 25, 1969 at the opening of the fall term which would have started plaintiff’s senior year he was brought or sent into the principal’s office. The principal testified at trial that plaintiff’s long hair…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 CahokiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- Tyler Crews, B/n/f Borden Crews, His Father v. Eugene Cloncs, Individually and as Principal of North Central High SchoolCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- Lindahl King v. Saddleback Junior College DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
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