HATTER v. LOS ANGELES CITY HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

No. 26031.

452 F.2d 673 (1971)

Shasta HATTER, a minor, by Jane Gordon, her next friend and Julie Johnston, a minor, by Caroline (Daniels) Connell, her next friend, both individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LOS ANGELES CITY HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary K. Gillespie, San Pedro, Cal. (argued), Diane Wayne, of Christy & Wayne, Hollywood, Kenneth Cloke, of Buckley, Diamond & Levenson, Venice, Cal., for appellant.

Philip S. Miller, Deputy County Counsel, (argued), John D. Maharg, County Counsel, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Kenneth Hecht, of Youth Law Center, San Francisco, Cal., for the amicus curiae.

Before MERRILL, BROWNING and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges.


MERRILL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Shasta Hatter and Julie Johnston, students at Venice High School in Los Angeles, protested their school's dress code by urging students to boycott the school's annual chocolate drive, which was being conducted to raise money for various student functions. Hatter passed out leaflets before school from a street corner across from the school grounds. She was suspended from school for the duration of the chocolate drive. Johnston wore...

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