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A number of courts, state and federal, have advanced the
asserted rights of the student on Ninth Amendment grounds, either
as a fundamental right of privacy_ Arn___Dl_ Vo Car_p_gnter_ 459 F°2d
939 (7th Ciro 1972); Breen v Kahlf 419 Fo2d 1034 (7th Ciro
1969); Cossen v_ Fatsi_ 309 Fo Suppo 114 (D_Co Conn. 1970);
Reiche__berg vo Nelso!l, 310 F_ Supp. 248 (DoC_ Nebo 1970); Dunham
v. Pulsifg_r, 312 Fo Supp. 411 (D.C. Vt. 1970); Black v. Cothre______2!,
316 F. Supp. 468 (DoC. Nebo 1970); Ber_ryman vo Hei__!!, 329 F. Supp.
616 (D.C. Idaho 1971), the liberty to gow_rn one's personal
appearance, Bisho_ Vo Col_i_, 450 F.2d 1069 (Sth Cir. 1971), or,
as expressed by Justice Douglas, the right of personal taste,
_ 9 _)
__rjghy v. Pocatello School Dist!ict No. _.], 480 Po2d 878 (Idaho
1971) o
In In thematt___er of JoS_&_C__, 129 N.Yo Super. 486r 324 A.2d
90 (1974), the court held the right of a homosexual parent to the
companionship and care of his or her children to be a fundamental
right protected by the First_ Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments.
In that case, the Court concluded that the fact that one divorced
parent is a homosexual does not per se prcvide sufficient basis
for a deprivation of visitation rights. 324 A.2d at 94.
Numerous other state court cases have recognized the Ninth
Amendment as providing substantive protection for individual
rights, Lehrha___Zk_ v± Fl_yn_!, 357 Ao2d 35_ 140 N_j. Super. 250
(1976) (privacy); State Vo O_gillf 545 Po2d 97 (Or.
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