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Karr v. Schmidt

460 F.2d 609 (1972)

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Karr v. Schmidt

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
460 F.2d 609 (1972)

Facts

Chesley Karr (plaintiff) was a 16-year-old male. Karr attempted to enroll in Coronado High School (defendant) in El Paso, Texas, for his junior year. Karr was prevented from enrolling because his hair was longer than permitted under the school board’s grooming regulations for male students. After discussions between Karr and school officials failed to resolve the issue, Karr sued the high-school principal, Clifford Schmidt, and others (collectively, the school) (defendants), alleging that the school’s hair-length restriction violated his constitutional rights to free speech, privacy, due process, and equal protection. The district court placed the burden on the school to demonstrate that allowing male students to have long hair substantially disrupted the educational process. The district court found that the school had failed to meet this burden and that this failure meant the school’s hair-length regulations violated Karr’s constitutional due-process and equal-protection rights. The school appealed.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Morgan, J.)

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