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HINES v. CASTON SCHOOL CORP.

No. 25A05-9401-CV-22.

651 N.E.2d 330 (1995)

James M. HINES, Sr. and Andrea L. Hines, On Behalf of Their Minor Son, James M. Hines, Jr., Appellants-Plaintiffs, v. CASTON SCHOOL CORPORATION, Appellee-Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin A. Morse, II, James M. Lewis, Barnes & Thornburg, South Bend, Richard A. Waples, Peggy A. Hillman, Indiana Civ. Liberties Union, Indianapolis, C. Richard Oren, Rochester, for appellants.

Charles R. Rubright, George T. Patton, Jr., Bose McKinney & Evans, Indianapolis, David J. Wallsmith, Nichols Wallsmith & Weaver, Knox, for appellee.

David J. Emmert, Julie M. Slavens, Indianapolis, for amicus curiae Indiana School Boards Assn.

OPINION

SHARPNACK, Chief Judge.

Among the essential functions of our constitutional law is the resolution of conflicts between the rights of the individual and the interests of the community. This case illustrates how one such conflict may be played out upon a field so small as the ear lobe of a ten year-old boy.

In September, 1991, Jimmy Hines, a fourth-grader, began wearing a single gold stud earring to school at Caston Elementary School in Fulton...

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