SCHWARTZ v. GALVESTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

Civ. A. No. 69-G-185.

309 F.Supp. 1034 (1970)

Senator A. R. SCHWARTZ, anf Richard Austin Schwartz, Plaintiff, v. The GALVESTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Independent School District; Dr. Henry Jameson, Chairman; Superintendent of Galveston Independent School District, Eli Douglas; Principal of Ball High School, Richard F. Streiff; and Assistant Principal of Ball High School, Reginald Pope, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Galveston Division.

As Corrected February 16, 1970.

As Supplemented February 18 and March 10, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Berg, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Levy, Levy, Schwab & Coughlin, Ed Schwab, III, Galveston, Tex., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION:

NOEL, District Judge.

This is a suit for injunctive relief by a student against school officials. Plaintiff complains of his threatened suspension for the violation of a regulation restricting the way he may wear his hair. The issue is not whether the plaintiff has the right to wear long hair in the usual context, for the regulation permits hair to be worn much longer than what might be termed...

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