HAYDEN EX REL. A.H. v. GREENSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL

No. 13-1757.

743 F.3d 569 (2014)

Patrick HAYDEN and Melissa Hayden, on behalf of their minor child, A.H., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GREENSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald W. Frazier , Frazier Law Firm, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jason T. Clagg , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Fort Wayne, IN, Thomas E. Wheeler, II , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

On behalf of their son, A.H., Patrick and Melissa Hayden challenge a policy which requires boys playing interscholastic basketball at the public high school in Greensburg, Indiana, to keep their hair cut short. The Haydens make two principal arguments: (1) the hair-length policy arbitrarily intrudes upon their son's liberty interest in choosing his own hair length, and thus violates his right to substantive due process, and (2) because the policy...

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