Legal Opinion
Akin v. Board of Education of Riverside Unified School District
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 13, 1968No. Civ. 8685PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKerrigan, Acting P. J.
Petitioners are mother and son. During the summer months of 1965, the 15-year-old minor, hereafter designated as “petitioner,” grew a beard which was neat in appearance and trimmed regularly. On September 8 he enrolled at Polytechnic High School in Riverside, one of the secondary schools within the respondent-board’s jurisdiction. He was suspended shortly thereafter solely for the reason that he refused to shave his beard as required by the board’s “Good Grooming Policy” adopted on September 20, 1965. He then attended a private school for the balance of the 1965-1966 school year where he was…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Ginsberg v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by22 opinions
- 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
- LA Teachers Union v. LA City Bd. of Ed.California Supreme Court · 1969
- Los Angeles Teachers Union, Local 1021 v. Los Angeles City Board of EducationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- King v. Saddleback Junior College DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- Myers v. Arcata Union High Sch. Dist.California Court of Appeal · 1969
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