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BREESE v. SMITH

No. 1614.

501 P.2d 159 (1972)

Russell BREESE, Father and next friend of Michael Breese, a minor, Appellant, v. Elmer C. SMITH, Principal, Main Junior High School, George E. Taylor, Superintendent, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Cowper, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Charles E. Cole, Fairbanks, for appellees.

Before BONEY, C.J., RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and ERWIN, JJ., and VICTOR D. CARLSON, Superior Court Judge.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

This appeal requires that we resolve a hair length controversy arising from the enforcement of a junior high school grooming regulation. If the regulation in the case at bar is upheld, the student will be denied a public education unless he conforms his hair style to the regulation's standards.

Michael Breese enrolled in the seventh grade class at Main Junior High School in Fairbanks on September 13, 1971, shortly after...

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