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GERE v. STANLEY

No. 71-1025.

453 F.2d 205 (1971)

Jerald GERE, a minor by his father and next friend, Paul Gere, Appellant, v. Emory R. STANLEY, as Superintendent of Blue Ridge School District, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seymour Kurland, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa. (Judith Dean, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Paul A. Barrett, Nogi, O'Malley & Harris, Scranton, Pa. (Eugene Nogi, Scranton, Pa., on the brief), for appellees.

Before BIGGS, ADAMS, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the perplexing question whether a student may be suspended because the length of his hair does not conform to the standards prescribed by the local school board.1

Plaintiff-appellant, Jerald Gere, transferred from New York and entered the tenth grade of Blue Ridge High School in New Milford, Pennsylvania, in September, 1969. The principal of the school had...

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