BISHOP v. COLAW

No. 20588.

450 F.2d 1069 (1971)

Stephen BISHOP, a Minor, et al., Appellants, v. Frank COLAW et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

On Suggestion for Rehearing December 6, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Dunlop, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

J. William Newbold, Clayton, Mo., for appellees.

Before ALDRICH, LAY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


On Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc December 6, 1971.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

The school administration of St. Charles, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, in March 1970, suspended fifteen year old Stephen Bishop from school attendance solely because his hairstyle violated provisions of the school dress code. Stephen and his parents brought this action seeking to obtain his readmission, and a declaratory judgment overturning the dress code regulations...

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