Neuhaus v. Federico

While enrolled as students at Cascade Union High School, the four plaintiffs were suspended by the defendant school officials on the sole ground that they were in violation of the following rule applicable to male students: “Hair must be kept off the ears [and], collar * * Plaintiffs appeal from a circuit court decision upholding the validity of their suspensions.

The essence of the plaintiffs’ position is that the maximum hair length rule is invalid. They base this argument on a variety of constitutional grounds. Likewise, the vast majority of American courts that have recently considered…