LONG v. ZOPP

No. 72-2302.

476 F.2d 180 (1973)

David Allen LONG, a minor 18 years of age, by his father and next friend, Albert L. Long, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert ZOPP, head football coach of Greenbrier East High School, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Smith, Union, W. Va., for appellant.

E. M. Payne, III, Beckley, W. Va. (Bowers, File, Hodson & Payne, Beckley, W. Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before RUSSELL and FIELD, Circuit Judges, and BRYAN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Massie v. Henry (4th Cir. 1972), 455 F.2d 779, found it constitutionally impermissible for public schools to impose "hair codes" on their students. The football coach at Greenbrier East High School, however, decreed that all members of the football squad at that school should observe a "hair code" prescribed by him, not merely during football season, but throughout the school year, under penalty of being denied their ...

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