Legal Opinion
Montalvo v. Madera Unified School District Board of Education
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 17, 1971No. Civ. 1373PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROWN (G. A.), J.
This case involves the validity of a school regulation at Thomas Jefferson Junior High School in Madera limiting the hair length of students attending that public institution. After due notice the minor plaintiff, who was 14 at the time, was suspended on the opening day from the seventh grade for his refusal to comply with the hair regulation then in effect. Three days later he was reinstated after complying with the regulation by getting a haircut. This action in declaratory relief immediately followed.
At the commencement of the trial it was stipulated that the hair…
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