What was the issue in the case ingraham v wright?

Answer 1

Whether the Court of Fifth Circuit was correct in its affirmation, that corporal punishment in public schools entailed no basis for relief under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution?

Answer 2

The issue in Ingraham v. Wright was whether corporal punishment in public schools violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. The Court ultimately held that it did not, ruling that corporal punishment in schools did not rise to the level of cruel and unusual punishment and was therefore constitutional.