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BD. OF TRUSTEES OF BASTROP INDEPENDENT SCH. DIST. v. TOUNGATE

No. 96-0690.

958 S.W.2d 365 (1997)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BASTROP INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Petitioner, v. September M. TOUNGATE, a/n/f of Zachariah Toungate, a Minor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided October 23, 1997.

Rehearing Overruled February 13, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric W. Schulze, Paul W. Hunn, Austin, for Petitioner.

Charles Beall, Paul E. Knisely, Austin, for Respondent.

OWEN, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, HECHT and ABBOTT, Justices join.

The issue in this case is whether a hair-length regulation that applies to male students at a public elementary school but not to female students violates TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM.CODE § 106.001(a). We conclude that it does not and accordingly reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and render judgment for Bastrop Independent School...

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