Legal Opinion
George Stevenson v. The Board of Education of Wheeler County, Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 26, 1970No. 28875PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELL, Circuit Judge:
This is a civil rights case brought under 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1981 and 1983, and 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343(3), by three male Negro high school students who were suspended from school for refusing to shave. The school authorities deemed them to have been in violation of good grooming rule. The proof disclosed that the rule was applied to all students alike, white and Negro. Two and only two issues are presented. First, whether the school board could constitutionally maintain a good grooming rule for its students which, as a part thereof, required that male students shave. Second, if…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- King v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by110 opinions
- William C. Ferguson v. Alvin I. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Claudine Hall v. Sylvia GarsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Karr v. SchmidtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- McCray v. BurrellCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- John E. Raper v. David J. LuceyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
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