Ingraham v. Wright, 432 U.S. 43 (1977)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate 1976-11-02
gptkbp:citation 432 U.S. 651
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkbp:date 1977-04-19
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Willie_J._Wright,_Jr.
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Harry_Blackmun
gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Byron_White
gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
gptkbp:docketNumber 75-6527
gptkbp:fullName James Ingraham et al. v. Willie J. Wright, Jr., et al.
gptkbp:heldBy Due process does not require notice and a hearing prior to the imposition of corporal punishment in public schools.
Corporal punishment in public schools does not violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ingraham v. Wright, 432 U.S. 43 (1977)
gptkbp:legalImpact Established that corporal punishment in public schools is not unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment.
gptkbp:location gptkb:Florida
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Lewis_F._Powell,_Jr.
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:James_Ingraham
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:subject corporal punishment in public schools
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:432_U.S._43_(1977)
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