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TORVIK v. DECORAH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

No. 71-1350.

453 F.2d 779 (1972)

Peter TORVIK, a Minor, by His Mother, Eleanor M. Torvik; Kai Kaasa, a Minor, by His Father, Harris Kaasa, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Keith Uhlenhopp, a Minor, by His Mother, Geraldine Uhlenhopp, Not Appealing, v. DECORAH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS and Wayne W. Burns, Superintendent, Defendants-Appellants, and Applington Community Schools, and Clifford McKee, Superintendent, Not Appealing.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

January 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller, Pearson & Gloe, Decorah, Iowa, on briefs for appellants.

Melvin H. Wolf, and C. A. Frerichs, Waterloo, Iowa, on brief for appellees.

Before LAY, HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

School officials appeal the decision of the district court which found a school regulation requiring all male school students to conform their hair style to certain approved standards violative of an individual's constitutional rights. We affirm.

A regulation governing hair style of students cannot be sustained simply because it is promulgated by school authorities. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist., 393 U.S...

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