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SOUTHERN v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR DALLAS IND. SCH. DIST.

Civ. A. No. 3-4160-C.

318 F.Supp. 355 (1970)

Steve SOUTHERN, Individually and Leta Southern, Individually and as Next Friend of Steve Southern, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. The BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR the DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Nolan Estes, Superintendent, Wayne Pierce, Principal, and Dwaine Dawson, Vice-Principal of Woodrow Wilson High School, individually and in their official capacities.

United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

October 6, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dallas Legal Services Project, Andrew Monson, Sylvia M. Demarest and James A. Johnston, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Spafford, Freedman, Hamlin, Gay & Whitham, by Warren Whitham, Dallas, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILLIAM M. TAYLOR, JR., District Judge.

Plaintiffs Steve Southern and his mother, Leta Southern, as next friend, bring this suit as a class action against the Dallas Independent School District et al. because Steve was denied admission to the Woodrow Wilson High School due to the length of his hair. The plaintiff alleges that this refusal on the part of the defendants violated his rights under the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth...

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