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JACKSON v. DORRIER

No. 19351.

424 F.2d 213 (1970)

Michael JACKSON et al., Appellants, v. C. R. DORRIER et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

April 6, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Helm Spalding, Nashville, Tenn., for appellants, Barrett, Creswell & Mitchell, George E. Barrett, Nashville, Tenn., Charles Morgan, Jr., Reber F. Boult, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., on the brief, Melvin L. Wulf, Eleanor Holmes Norton, New York City, of counsel.

Robert E. Kendrick, Deputy Metropolitan Atty., Nashville, Tenn., for appellees.

Robert J. Conlon, on brief of parents concerned for all school children for amicus curiae.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, BROOKS, Circuit Judge, and MACHROWICZ, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This case involves the timely subject of longhair worn by teenage male high school students.

The Metropolitan Board of Education of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, adopted the following regulation in 1961:

"Pupils shall observe modesty, appropriateness, and neatness in clothing and personal appearance. A student is not appropriately dressed if he is a disturbing influence in class or school because of his mode of dress. The principal...

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