Legal Opinion
Stephen Bishop, a Minor v. Frank Colaw
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 6, 1971No. 20588PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
The school administration of St. Charles, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, in March 1970, suspended fifteen year old Stephen Bishop from school attendance solely because his hairstyle violated provisions of the school dress code. Stephen and his parents brought this action seeking to obtain his readmission, and a declaratory judgment overturning the dress code regulations governing the hair length and style of male students. Plaintiffs assert that these regulations violate Stephen’s, and his parents’, personal rights guaranteed by the United States…
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