Legal Opinion
Gonyaw v. Ladue
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided June 4, 1973No. Civ. A. 6223, 6564PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HOLDEN, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs in these cases are 12 year old students who, it is alleged, were subjected to corporal punishment while attending public school. Lee Gonyaw alleges in his complaint that he was punished by the defendant Gray, the principal of the Hardwick Elementary School, by the application of several strokes of a belt to his buttocks, after he admitted sending a “dirty note” to a classmate. Chris Ladue says in his complaint that the defendant Moffatt, a mathematics instructor at Barton Academy, struck him across the face when he questioned a disciplinary…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Brian Dale Bramlet v. James A. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Eloise Ingraham, as Next Friend, Etc. v. Willie J. Wright, I, Individually, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Eloise Ingraham, as Next Friend, Etc. v. Willie J. Wright, I, Individually, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Baker v. OwenDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1975
- State v. SpeckSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
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