Legal Opinion
Michini v. Rizzo
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 9, 1974No. Civ. A. 73-1995PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
I. Preliminary Statement
In Stull v. School Board of Western Beaver Jr.-Sr. H.S., 459 F.2d 339 (3d Cir. 1972), the Court of Appeals held that the right of an individual to control his personal appearance, including his hairstyle, was sufficiently substantial to be accorded the protection of the liberty assurance of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Stull involved a school dress code proscribing the wearing of hair covering the ears and below the collar line. However, the Stull court, following the lead of Gere v. Stanley, 453…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Francis Muscare v. Robert J. Quinn, Individually and as Commissioner, Chicago Fire Dept.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Aiello v. City of Wilmington, Del.District Court, D. Delaware · 1976
- Smith v. WicklineDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1975
- McClung v. Board of EducationOhio Supreme Court · 1976
- Neil Kamerling v. John T. O'hagan, Fire Commissioner, City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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