INDEPENDENT SCH. DIST. NO. 8 OF SEILING v. SWANSON

No. 48253.

553 P.2d 496 (1976)

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 OF SEILING, DEWEY COUNTY, State of Oklahoma, Petitioner, v. The Honorable J. Russell SWANSON of the Fourth Judicial District, Garfield County, Oklahoma, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Harry Johnson, Oklahoma City, Larry L. French, Edwards & French, Seminole, for petitioner.

Andrew J. Moore, Woodward, Tom J. Ruble, Taloga, for respondent Ruble.

Shirley Collier, Collier & Fahle, Taloga, for respondent Peters.


SIMMS, Justice.

This litigation concerns the validity of a student hair code adopted by the Board of Education of the Seiling Public School District. Plaintiffs are four male students of the district (one each from the high school and junior high, and two from the elementary school) who were threatened with imminent suspension by their respective principals, if, within five days, they failed to cut their hair so that the...

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