SCHWARTZ v. WYFFELS

Civ. No. 70-704.

326 F.Supp. 284 (1971)

David SCHWARTZ, a Minor, by his step-father, next friend and guardian ad litem, Frank J. Deos, Plaintiff, v. Ronald WYFFELS, individually and as Vice Principal of Canby Union High School, Richard R. Brown, individually and as Principal of Canby Union High School, Charles MacKenzie, individually and as Superintendent of Canby Union High School District No. 1, Ross Iverson, individually and as member of the Board of Canby Union High School District No. 1, Edmund E. Davies, individually and as member of the Board of Canby Union High School District No. 1, Wayne LaFarge, individually and as member of the Board of Canby Union High School District No. 1, Paul Carroll, individually and as member of the Board of Canby Union High School District No. 1, and Willard Compton, individually and as member of the Board of Canby Union High School District No. 1, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

April 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Meyer, Nancy Kaza, Kobin & Meyer, Don H. Marmaduke, Portland, Or., for plaintiff and cooperating attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, Inc.

Wade P. Bettis, Canby, Or., Ferris F. Boothe, Portland, Or., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL

ALFRED T. GOODWIN, District Judge:

Plaintiff, a 17-year-old senior in the Canby Union High School, seeks declaratory and injunctive relief as well as money damages, claiming that the school's rule on hair length violates his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343.

The court assumed jurisdiction under the above-cited statutes, and during...

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