- Ingraham v. Wright
SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Ingraham v. Wright
ArgueDateA=November 2
ArgueDateB=3
ArgueYear=1976
DecideDate=April 19
DecideYear=1977
FullName=Ingraham, et al., v. Wright, et al.
USVol=430
USPage=651
Citation=97 S.Ct. 1401
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Holding=The cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment did not apply tocorporal punishment as a disciplinary practice inpublic schools , and thedue process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did not require notice or a hearing prior to imposition of such punishment, as the state's laws authorized the practice and allowed common law constraints and remedies.
SCOTUS=1975-1981
Majority=Powell
JoinMajority=Burger, Stewart, Blackmun, Rehnquist
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Dissent=White
JoinDissent=Brennan, Marshall, Stevens
Dissent2=Stevens
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LawsApplied="Ingraham v. Wright", ussc|430|651|
1977 , was aUnited States Supreme Court case that upheld the disciplinarycorporal punishment policy ofFlorida 'spublic schools .ee also
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 430
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