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WHITSELL v. PAMPA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

No. 30624.

439 F.2d 1198 (1971)

Dr. Wilber R. WHITSELL and Jon Whitsell, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The PAMPA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 11, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross N. Buzzard, Pampa, Tex., for appellants.

Don R. Lane, Malcolm C. Douglass, Pampa, Tex., for appellees.

Before JONES, BELL, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is another appeal involving the validity of a high school dress code which includes a length of hair rule. The underlying suit arose out of a conflict between the school and a parent who contends that it is his "* * * prerogative to decide how my son dresses and how he cuts his hair." See Wood v. Alamo Heights Independent School District, 5 Cir., 1970, 433 F.2d 355; Stevenson v. Wheeler County Bd. of Educ., 5 Cir...

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