DILLON v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DIST.

No. 78-1693.

594 F.2d 699 (1979)

Leonard DILLON, by his father and next friend, D. E. Dillon, Appellee, v. PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, Dr. Winston Simpson, Lester Hosto, Mrs. Shirley Lowery, Ed Coffman, Hosea Harrington, J. A. Fair, Jr., Ernest Faucett, Bob Moore, Don E. Elkins, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry J. Osterloh, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant; John I. Purtle, Little Rock, Ark., on the brief. Osterloh also made rebuttal.

William P. Dougherty, Jacksonville, Ark., for appellee.

Before HEANEY and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, and BENSON, Chief Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Leonard Dillon, a North Pulaski High School student, was expelled from school after a teacher found him kissing a girl in the hallway and after he allegedly remarked "what a drag" in a defiant manner when told to stop. School officials found, after a hearing, that Dillon's conduct violated school rules which prohibit the public display of affection on school grounds, and which require students to comply with the reasonable commands of teachers. After his...

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