Legal Opinion
Deloso v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 15, 1977No. 1282, September Term, 1976PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLowe, J.
Melvin, J., concurs in the result and filed a concurring opinion at page 115 infra.
The corporal punishment of students constitutionally allowed teachers, Ingraham v. Wright, 430 U. S. 651 (No. 75-6527, decided April 19, 1977), was viewed in the early cases as derived from the parental right to discipline one’s child. Id. at 651. It is unlikely that Thomas A. Deloso, Sr. foresaw the irony his actions would create when, on or about November 16, 1974, he administered corporal punishment to his daughter Jenny Jo, age five, which resulted in marks on her face 1 and a “whelp” or bruise on her back…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Ingraham v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- United States v. EwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. TateoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Bryan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by10 opinions
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