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COPELAND v. HAWKINS

Civ. No. 72-159.

352 F.Supp. 1022 (1973)

Larry COPELAND et al., Plaintiffs, v. Murlin A. HAWKINS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Illinois.

January 10, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Seng, Margaret M. Stapleton, Cairo, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Charles C. Hines, Carbondale, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FOREMAN, District Judge:

This action is brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by minor male high school students who have been expelled or suspended from school, concededly because their hair length violated the high school's dress code. The defendants are the Board of Education of School District No. 84 in Union County, Illinois; the Superintendent of the district; and the Principal of the Shawnee Junior-Senior High School, located...

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