Legal Opinion
BD. OF TRUSTEES OF BASTROP INDEPENDENT SCH. DIST. v. Toungate
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 13, 1998No. 96-0690Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
958 S.W.2d 365 (1997)
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BASTROP INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Petitioner,
v.
September M. TOUNGATE, a/n/f of Zachariah Toungate, a Minor, Respondent.
No. 96-0690.
Supreme Court of Texas.
Argued April 24, 1997.
Decided October 23, 1997.
Rehearing Overruled February 13, 1998.
Eric W. Schulze, Paul W. Hunn, Austin, for Petitioner.
Charles Beall, Paul E. Knisely, Austin, for Respondent.
2Opinion of the Court · OwenOwen, Justice
The issue in this case is whether a hair-length regulation that applies to male students at a public elementary school but not to female students violates TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM.CODE § 106.001(a). We…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Schlesinger v. BallardSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Monsanto Co. v. Cornerstones Municipal Utility DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1993
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