CARTER v. HODGES

Civ. No. FS-70-C-72.

317 F.Supp. 89 (1970)

Dale CARTER, for himself, and by his father, Harvey T. Carter, and mother, Jo Ann Carter, his legal guardians, Plaintiffs, v. Luther HODGES, Jr., Bill Moran, Babe Cialone, Neil Crow, Ted Skokos, Blanche Tinder, and E. J. Embry, in their capacity as members of the Board of Education of the Fort Smith Arkansas School District, Chris Corbin, in his capacity as Superintendent of Schools of the Fort Smith Arkansas School District, E. R. Farnsworth in his capacity as Principal of Fort Smith Northside High School of Fort Smith, Arkansas and Clifton Grace in his capacity as Dean of Boys at Fort Smith Northside High School, Fort Smith, Arkansas, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Arkansas, Fort Smith Division.

September 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Youngdahl, Sizemore, Brewer, Forster & Uhlig, by John P. Sizemore, Little Rock, Ark., for plaintiffs.

Pearce, Robinson, McCord & Maurras, Fort Smith, Ark., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

PAUL X. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

In this action, Dale Carter, a white 20 year old male (appearing by his parents), seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against the Fort Smith School Board and certain school officials relating to hair style of male students in Northside High School. He contends that his rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution are violated; and jurisdiction of this Court is...

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