SIMS v. COLFAX COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Civ. No. 8-2537-C-2.

307 F.Supp. 485 (1970)

Susan SIMS, Minor, by her father and Next Friend Aeric Sims, Plaintiff, v. COLFAX COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Iowa, Central Division.

January 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Piazza, Des Moines, Iowa, for plaintiff.

John N. Diehl, Newton, Iowa, Kent M. Forney, Des Moines, Iowa, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HANSON, District Judge.

The matter before the Court is the constitutionality of a public school regulation which seeks to control the length of students' hair. Jurisdiction of this cause is predicated and admitted under Title 42 U.S.C., Sections 1981, 1983 and Title 28 U.S.C., Sections 2281, 2284 on the allegation that the action by the defendants violates a federal constitutional right guaranteed the plaintiff under the Ninth and Fourteenth...

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