Legal Opinion
BD. OF TRUSTEES OF BASTROP INDEPENDENT SCH. DIST. v. Toungate
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 13, 1998No. 96-0690PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOwen, Justice
in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, HECHT and ABBOTT, Justices join.
The issue in this case is whether a hair-length regulation that applies to male students at a public elementary school but not to female students violates Tex. Civ. PRAC. & Rem.Code § 106.001(a). We conclude that it does not and accordingly reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and render judgment for Bastrop Independent School District.
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Eight year old Zachariah Toungate was a third grade student at Mina Elementary in the Bastrop Independent School District. At the beginning of the school year, school officials…
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