Robert RICHARDS, Jr., a minor by his father and next friend Robert Richards, Plaintiff, Appellee,
v.
Roger THURSTON, as Principal of Marlboro High School, Defendant, Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Heard March 2, 1970.
Decided April 28, 1970.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David G. Hanrahan, Boston, Mass., with whom William J. Brennan, City Solicitor, George A. McLaughlin, Jr., and The McLaughlin Brothers, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellant.
Henry P. Monaghan, Boston, Mass., with whom Daniel D. Levenson, Spencer Neth and John H. Henn, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellee.
Gerard F. Doherty, Boston, Mass., on brief for Massachusetts Secondary School Principals Association, amicus curiae.
Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, a seventeen year old boy, was suspended from school at the beginning of his senior year because he refused to cut his hair, which a local newspaper story introduced into evidence described as "falling loosely about the shoulders". Defendant, the principal of the high school in Marlboro, Massachusetts, admits that there was no written school regulation governing hair length or style but contends...
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