Floyd Van Hoose v. William P. Eidson

ORDER

Before BROOKS, MILLER and KENT, Circuit Judges.

This is an appeal from a District Court order which denied relief to the appellant, a high school student who had been suspended for violation of the “Student and Employee Hair Code” of Boyd County High School (Kentucky), because his hair was too long.

In March, 1971, the Boyd County Board of Education adopted what is referred to as a “Hair Code.” In the same month the four plaintiffs below were suspended from school for violation of the “hair code.” This lawsuit resulted, in which the plaintiffs prayed that the “hair code” be declared…