| Ingraham v. Wright | ||||||
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 Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued November 2–3, 1976 Decided April 19, 1977 |
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| Full case name | Ingraham, et al., v. Wright, et al. | |||||
| Citations | 430 U.S. 651 (more) 97 S.Ct. 1401 |
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| Holding | ||||||
| The cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment did not apply to corporal punishment as a disciplinary practice in public schools, and the due 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. | ||||||
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| Majority | Powell, joined by Burger, Stewart, Blackmun, Rehnquist | |||||
| Dissent | White, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Stevens | |||||
| Dissent | Stevens | |||||
Ingraham v. Wright, 430 U.S. 651 (1977), was a United States Supreme Court case that upheld the disciplinary corporal punishment policy of Florida's public schools by a 5-4 vote.
James Ingraham, a 14-year-old eighth grade student, was taken to the principal's office for rowdy behavior. He resisted the principal's decision to give him five swats with a paddle. He then received 20 swats while being held down. The paddling was so severe that he suffered a hematoma requiring medical attention and keeping him out of school for several days. He and his parents sued the school, calling it "cruel and unusual punishment," but lost the case.
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