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BLACK v. COTHREN

Civ. No. 1671 L.

316 F.Supp. 468 (1970)

Christopher BLACK, a minor, by Virginia M. Black, his mother and one of his legal guardians, Plaintiff, v. Robert COTHREN, as Superintendent of School District 4R, Hamilton County, Nebraska, John Hadley as President of the Board of Education of School District 4R, Hamilton County, Nebraska, Glenn Drew as Principal of Aurora Junior High School, Hamilton County, Nebraska, Board of Education of School District 4R, Hamilton County, Nebraska, School District 4R, Hamilton County, Nebraska, and Aurora Junior High School, Aurora, Hamilton County, Nebraska, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nebraska.

August 6, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl H. Scudder, Jr., Lincoln, Neb., for plaintiff.

E. H. Powell, Aurora, Neb., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

URBOM, District Judge.

Christopher Black, a 13-year-old seventh-grade student, was denied continued attendance at Aurora Junior High School because he failed to have his hair cut in accordance with a grooming code of the school. He seeks injunctive relief from enforcement of the code and damages under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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