FREEMAN v. FLAKE

Nos. NC 36-70, 37-70 and 249-70.

320 F.Supp. 531 (1970)

Billie K. FREEMAN, Guardian of Terry Freeman, Plaintiff, v. Almon FLAKE, Principal of Viewmont High School, the Board of Education of Davis County School District, and Irvin R. Cleverly, Morris Hansen, Henry E. Peterson, Lynn W. Burton, and Harold J. Gailey, members of the Board of Education of Davis County School District, and Bernell Wrigley, Superintendent of Davis County Schools, Defendants. Vyron Randall OSTLER, a minor, by Stephen B. Ostler, his father and natural guardian, Plaintiff, v. Bernard YOCOM, Lawrence L. Cook, Lynn Wilcox, and the Board of Education of Davis County School District, Defendants. Mark Charles SIMMONS, by and through his guardian Robert C. Simmons, Plaintiff, v. Clifton PYNE, Principal of Orem High School, and the Board of Education of Alpine School District, and Dr. Boyd J. Larsen, Frank C. Greenwood, Eli C. Clayson, Dr. R. Phil Shumway, Harvey E. Smith, members of the Board of Education of Alpine School District, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Utah, N. D.

October 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James N. Barber and Richard M. Day, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Terry Freeman and Mark Charles Simmons.

Frank S. Warner, Ogden, Utah, for Vyron Randall Ostler.

Felshaw King, Clearfield, Utah, for Almon Flake and others and Bernard Yocom and others.

Harvard R. Hinton, Lehi, Utah, for Clifton Pyne and others.


CHRISTENSEN, District Judge.

The above-entitled cases, consolidated for trial because they involve common questions of fact and law, present questions concerning the power of school boards in the State of Utah, and school officials acting under them, to promulgate and enforce regulations dealing with the length of hair of students and related matters of appearance and grooming.

In No. NC 36-70, Freeman v. Flake, plaintiff, represented by his mother as guardian...

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