ALBERDA v. NOELL

Civ. A. No. 3069, N. D., Civ. A. No. 454, S. D. Flint, Civ. A. Nos. 35357, 35955, S. D.

322 F.Supp. 1379 (1971)

Daniel ALBERDA et al., Plaintiffs, v. John NOELL et al., Defendants. SWARTZ CREEK TEACHERS ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. SWARTZ CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOLS et al., Defendants. John METZELAAR a Minor, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MILAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS et al., Defendants. Steve CHMELA et al., Plaintiffs, v. Martin SVILAND et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan.

February 19, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Doner, Director Bay-Midland Legal Aid Society, James G. Orford, Ralph I. Selby, Bay City, Mich., for Daniel Alberda and others.

William M. Lambert, Bay City, Mich., for John Noell and others.

Wallace K. Sagendorph, Erwin B. Ellmann, Detroit, Mich., for Swartz Creek Teachers Assn. and others.

Frederick E. Salim, Flint, Mich., for Swartz Creek Community Schools and others.

David I. Goldstein, Washtenaw County Legal Aid Society, Fred S. Steingold, Ann Arbor, Mich., for John Metzelaar and others.

Joseph Delaney, Flint, Mich., for Milan Public Schools and others.

Ronald Reosti, Detroit, Mich., for Steve Chmela and others.

Arthur Heidt, Jr., Westland, Mich., for Martin Sviland and others.


OPINION

ROTH, District Judge.

These four cases involve school matters relating to students' grooming styles, a teacher's facial grooming, and a truancy suspension. For the purpose of deciding whether we should entertain jurisdiction of them in a United States District Court, the circumstantial differences we consider of no decisive moment. With some poetic license we classify them as "hair" cases, and in the interest of judicial economy, propose to deal...

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