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LIVINGSTON v. SWANQUIST

No. 69 C 2677.

314 F.Supp. 1 (1970)

Jack LIVINGSTON, a minor, by Tennyson D. Livingston, his father and next friend, and Tim Hellberg, a minor by Harry Hellberg, his father and next friend, Plaintiffs, v. Harley SWANQUIST, Miles Lutter, Lyle Hughard, Jay Gossett, Jack Brobst, Gerald Dauwalder, Raymond Lubbs, each individually and as member of the Board of Education for School District 308, Douglas Moews, individually and as Principal of the Oswego Community High School, and the Board of Education for the School District 308, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

June 9, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Dixon, Murphy, Griffin & Dixon, Aurora, Ill., for plaintiffs.

L. M. Ochsenschlager, Reid, Ochsenschlager, Murphy & Hupp, Aurora, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PERRY, District Judge.

This case involves the right of school authorities to adopt and enforce the terms of a dress code for high school students and to bar male students with long hair from school attendance. It also presents the question as to whether by such action the school authorities violate the Constitutional rights of students. The subject is a timely one.

In the case at bar the high school had a dress code with...

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