Legal Opinion
Karr v. Schmidt
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 28, 1972No. 31045PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
This is another of the multitude of lawsuits which have recently inundated the federal courts attacking hair length regulations promulgated by local public school authorities.
Appellee Chesley Karr is a sixteen-year-old student at Coronado High School in El Paso, Texas. On August 12, 1970, Karr attempted to enroll for his junior year at that school but was not permitted to do so because he was in violation of a school board regulation limiting the length of male students’ hair.1 After several conferences with *611school board officials proved futile, Karr filed suit…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by125 opinions
- Littlefield v. Forney Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Nellie Woods, as Personal Representative of the Estate of John N. Woods v. Holy Cross HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- 35 Fair empl.prac.cas. 697, 35 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 34,582 Henry Irby, Cross-Appellees v. Mike Sullivan, Jr., Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Alan Willingham v. MacOn Telegraph Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Lecil Hander v. San Jacinto Junior College, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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