Legal Opinion
Breen v. Kahl
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 3, 1969No. Nos. 17552, 17553PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERNER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellees, Thomas Breen and James Anton, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendants-appellants, the State of Wisconsin’s Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Members of the Williams Bay Board of Education attacking as unconstitutional the Williams Bay High School dress code regulating the length of students’ hair. The district court held the regulation unconstitutional and defendants appeal.
In September 1968, the plaintiff Breen was enrolled as an eleventh grade student, and the plaintiff Anton was enrolled as a twelfth grade student in the…
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3Cited by137 opinions
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