Legal Opinion
Richards Ex Rel. Richards v. Thurston
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 6, 1969No. Civ. A. 69-993PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WYZANSKI, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, 17 years old, by his next friend, his father, has filed in the United States District Court, against the principal of the Marlboro High School, a comprehensive general high school, a complaint seeking restoration to his status as a member of the senior class there. He alleges that the defendant principal suspended him on the sole ground that he refused to have his hair, which he wears in a style reminiscent of the English singers called “The Beatles”, and in a tidy style that Albert Einstein as scholar or master rarely displayed, cut to an extent…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Olff v. East Side Union High School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Robert Richards, Jr., a Minor by His Father and Next Friend Robert Richards v. Roger Thurston, as Principal of Marlboro High SchoolCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Breen v. KahlCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- Michael Jackson v. C. R. DorrierCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Breese Ex Rel. Breese v. SmithAlaska Supreme Court · 1972
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