Dawson v. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, SCHOOL BOARD

Decision Date13 August 1971
Docket NumberNo. 71-1169 Summary Calendar.,71-1169 Summary Calendar.
Citation445 F.2d 308
PartiesLawrence Elliott DAWSON, Jr., and James B. Dawson, minors, by their father and next friend, Lawrence E. Dawson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant-Appellant.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit

David C. G. Kerr, Wm. Terrell Hodges, W. Crosby Few, Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

David A. Maney, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing Denied and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 13, 1971.

PER CURIAM:

In an extensively detailed opinion, the District Judge found as a fact that there was no necessity for the hair style regulations promulgated by the Hillsborough County School Board, 322 F.Supp. 286. On the record, these findings are not clearly erroneous.

The judgment of the District Court, therefore, is affirmed, Ferrell v. Dallas Independent School District, 5 Cir., 1968, 392 F.2d 697; Griffin v. Tatum, 5 Cir., 1970, 425 F.2d 201.

Affirmed.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

The Petition for Rehearing is denied and no member of this panel nor Judge in regular active service on the Court having requested that the Court be polled on rehearing en banc, (Rule 35 Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure; Local Fifth Circuit Rule 12) the Petition for Rehearing En Banc is denied.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge, not participating.

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