George Stevenson v. The Board of Education of Wheeler County, Georgia

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1970-05-26

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BELL, Circuit Judge: This is a civil rights case brought under 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1981 and 1983, and 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343 (3), by three male Negro high school students who were suspended from school for refusing to shave. The school authorities deemed them to have been in violation of good grooming rule. The pr…

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