Goss v. Lopez
E425627
Goss v. Lopez is a 1975 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held public school students are entitled to due process protections, such as notice and a hearing, before being suspended.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Goss v. Lopez canonical | 3 |
| Goss et al. v. Lopez et al. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4267644 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Goss v. Lopez Context triple: [United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court, hasNotableCase, Goss v. Lopez]
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A.
Saenz v. Roe
Saenz v. Roe is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down California’s welfare residency requirements and reaffirmed the constitutional right to travel under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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B.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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C.
Branch v. Texas
Branch v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the constitutionality and application of the death penalty in the wake of the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision.
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D.
Lucas v. Earl
Lucas v. Earl is a landmark 1930 U.S. Supreme Court tax law case that established the principle that income is taxed to the person who earns it, regardless of contractual arrangements to split or assign that income.
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E.
City of Boerne v. Flores
City of Boerne v. Flores is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that curtailed Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment and held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act could not be applied to the states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Goss v. Lopez Target entity description: Goss v. Lopez is a 1975 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held public school students are entitled to due process protections, such as notice and a hearing, before being suspended.
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A.
Saenz v. Roe
Saenz v. Roe is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down California’s welfare residency requirements and reaffirmed the constitutional right to travel under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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B.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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C.
Branch v. Texas
Branch v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the constitutionality and application of the death penalty in the wake of the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision.
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D.
Lucas v. Earl
Lucas v. Earl is a landmark 1930 U.S. Supreme Court tax law case that established the principle that income is taxed to the person who earns it, regardless of contractual arrangements to split or assign that income.
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E.
City of Boerne v. Flores
City of Boerne v. Flores is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that curtailed Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment and held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act could not be applied to the states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fourteenth Amendment due process case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark education law case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | October 16, 1974 ⓘ |
| citation | 419 U.S. 565 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy |
Justice William O. Douglas
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linked to:
William O. Douglas
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| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
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| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | January 22, 1975 ⓘ |
| defendants | Columbus, Ohio public school officials ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy |
Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
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linked to:
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Justice William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
linked to:
William H. Rehnquist
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| fullCaseName |
Goss et al. v. Lopez et al.
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linked to:
Goss v. Lopez
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| holding |
Public school officials must provide students with notice of the charges and an opportunity to be heard before imposing a suspension of up to 10 days.
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Public school students facing suspension have property and liberty interests protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. ⓘ The state may not deprive a student of a public education without due process of law. ⓘ |
| impact |
Established baseline procedural protections for short-term school suspensions nationwide.
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Influenced school district disciplinary codes and student due process policies across the United States. ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Justice Harry A. Blackmun
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linked to:
Harry A. Blackmun
Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Justice Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
linked to:
Thurgood Marshall
Justice William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
linked to:
William H. Rehnquist
Justice William O. Douglas ⓘ
linked to:
William O. Douglas
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| jurisdiction |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| languageOfOpinion | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue | procedural due process rights of public school students ⓘ |
| lowerCourt | United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ⓘ |
| lowerCourtDisposition | Judgment for students affirmed ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy |
Justice Byron R. White
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linked to:
Byron R. White
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| originatingState | Ohio ⓘ |
| plaintiffs | Public school students in Columbus, Ohio ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Ingraham v. Wright
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Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
liberty interest in reputation
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procedural due process ⓘ property interest in education ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| ruleOfLaw |
Minimal due process for short-term suspensions requires oral or written notice of the charges and, if denied, an explanation of the evidence and an opportunity to present the student’s side of the story.
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Students in public schools have a property interest in education created by state law. ⓘ Suspension from school implicates a student’s liberty interest in reputation. ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
public education
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school suspensions ⓘ student discipline ⓘ |
| volume | 419 ⓘ |
| year | 1975 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Goss v. Lopez Description of subject: Goss v. Lopez is a 1975 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held public school students are entitled to due process protections, such as notice and a hearing, before being suspended.
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linked to: Goss v. Lopez