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Ingraham v. Wright

425 U.S. 990 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1976-05-24 Docket No. 75-6527 English

Delivered by Majority

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p. 990
No. 75-6527.
Ingraham et al. v. Wright et al.

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p. 991
upon public school students, absent notice of the charges for which punishment is to be inflicted and an opportunity to be heard, violate the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?”

2. “Does the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment apply to the administration of discipline through severe corporal punishment inflicted by public school teachers and administrators upon public school children?”

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