Karr v. Schmidt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Following a course first charted in this circuit, most courts have either held or assumed that one’s choice of hair style is constitutionally protected and that the State may invade this interest only upon a showing of compelling reason, i. e., that the forbidden style, if allowed, would be a material and substantial interference to the educational system. Consequently, haircut codes have been upheld where the school has objectively demonstrated that long hair resulted in disruptions of the educational process such as harassment, use of obscene or derogatory language, fights, health or safety hazards, obscene appearance or distraction of other students. Conversely, if the school authorities were unable to support factually their rule, offering speculation only, the rule is held unreasonable and hence in violation of the equal protection and/or due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. In short, ‘The touchstone for sustaining such regulations is the demonstration that they are necessary to alleviate interference with the educational process.’ ” (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Parker Ex Rel. Parker v. Fry