The recent "Garcia" holding by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals federalized students' constitutional rights against excessive corporal punishment under the 14th Amendment's due process clause. Major issues raised by the Supreme Court's 1977 "Ingraham v. Wright" decision are thereby resolved. School boards should review…

Reviews the 1977 Supreme Court decision in "Ingraham vs. Wright." The court held that the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment and the procedural due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to corporal punishment in the public schools. (MD)

This paper examines some of the historical and contemporary assumptions regarding the social and educational context of the use of corporal punishment on children, assumptions that are implicit in the Supreme Court's decision in the Ingraham v. Wright case. Beginning with a summary of the Florida case, the author outlines the Court's majority…

Discusses the Supreme Court decision in Ingraham v. Wright and its effect on corporal punishment and due process in the schools. (IRT)

Reviews and discusses the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in Ingraham v. Wright, in which the Court ruled that paddling students is not "cruel and unusual" punishment, and that prior due process is not required when school officials paddle students. (JG)

Reviews the continuing legal and political battles against corporal punishment and discusses the legal future of corporal punishment in view of social and legislative changes since "Ingraham." (81 footnotes) (MLF)