Alabama v. Trustees of the Big Sandy Independent School District

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• holding that, in hybrid claim cases, a school district must demonstrate that a regulation has more than a reasonable relationship to a substantial state interest
• holding that Native American’s desire to wear long hair was sincerely held religious belief entitled to protection under free exercise clause even though practice was not fundamental tenet of Native American religious orthodoxy
• finding inadequate alternative education where, inter alia , the teacher \[did] not have a teaching certificate\
• Native American students' belief that hair should be kept long was sincerely held religious belief under First Amendment
• the wearing of long hair by Native American students is a protected First Amendment activity, which does not disrupt the educational process

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