Legal Opinion
Ingraham v. Wright
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 19, 1977No. 75-6527PublishedCited by 2,866 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
This case presents questions concerning the use of corporal punishment in public schools: First, whether the paddling of students as a means of maintaining school discipline constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment; and, second, to the extent that paddling is constitutionally permissible, whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires prior notice and an opportunity to be heard.
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Petitioners James Ingraham and Roosevelt Andrews filed the complaint in this case on January 7, 1971, in the United States District Court for the Southern…
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