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· 1/19/1973

Joseph Murray, Jr., a Minor by Joseph Murray, Sr., His Guardian v. West Baton Rouge Parish School Board

Citations

  • 472 F.2d 438
  • 1973 U.S. App. LEXIS 12082

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[i]t is clear . . . that school disciplinary codes cannot be drawn with the same precision as criminal codes and that some degree of discretion must, of necessity, be left to public school officials to determine what forms of misbehavior should be sanctioned”
  • school superintendent may conduct suspension hearings
  • school superintendent may conduct suspension hearings

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Judges: Rives, Thornberry, Goldberg

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