Ingraham v. Wright
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Ingraham v. Wright is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment does not apply to corporal punishment in public schools and that due process does not require a prior hearing before such discipline is imposed.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ingraham v. Wright canonical | 2 |
| James Ingraham et al. v. J. R. Wright, Principal, et al. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4267660 — 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: Ingraham v. Wright Context triple: [United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court, hasNotableCase, Ingraham v. Wright]
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Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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B.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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C.
Marsh v. Chambers
Marsh v. Chambers is a 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of legislative prayer, finding that opening legislative sessions with a state-funded chaplain’s invocation did not violate the Establishment Clause.
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D.
Gebhart v. Belton
Gebhart v. Belton was a landmark Delaware school segregation case whose rulings in favor of Black students became one of the four consolidated cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education, contributing to the Supreme Court’s rejection of “separate but equal” in public education.
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E.
Shaw v. Hunt
Shaw v. Hunt is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that further developed the Court’s racial gerrymandering jurisprudence by applying and extending the principles first articulated in Shaw v. Reno.
- 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: Ingraham v. Wright Target entity description: Ingraham v. Wright is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment does not apply to corporal punishment in public schools and that due process does not require a prior hearing before such discipline is imposed.
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A.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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B.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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C.
Marsh v. Chambers
Marsh v. Chambers is a 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of legislative prayer, finding that opening legislative sessions with a state-funded chaplain’s invocation did not violate the Establishment Clause.
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D.
Gebhart v. Belton
Gebhart v. Belton was a landmark Delaware school segregation case whose rulings in favor of Black students became one of the four consolidated cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education, contributing to the Supreme Court’s rejection of “separate but equal” in public education.
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E.
Shaw v. Hunt
Shaw v. Hunt is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that further developed the Court’s racial gerrymandering jurisprudence by applying and extending the principles first articulated in Shaw v. Reno.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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court case ⓘ legal decision ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights
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constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1976-11-02 ⓘ |
| category |
United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court
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United States Supreme Court cases on education ⓘ
linked to:
United States Supreme Court cases
United States Supreme Court cases on the Eighth Amendment ⓘ |
| citation |
430 U.S. 651
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51 L. Ed. 2d 711 ⓘ 97 S. Ct. 1401 ⓘ |
| clarified | that common-law remedies in state courts remain available for excessive corporal punishment ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
|
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1977-04-19 ⓘ |
| decisionType | 5–4 decision ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy |
Byron R. White
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John Paul Stevens ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| fullName |
James Ingraham et al. v. J. R. Wright, Principal, et al.
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linked to:
Ingraham v. Wright
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| holding |
The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment does not require notice and a prior hearing before corporal punishment is administered in public schools.
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linked to:
Due Process Clause
The Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment does not apply to disciplinary corporal punishment in public schools. ⓘ |
| impact |
established that school corporal punishment does not require prior adversarial due process hearings under the Fourteenth Amendment
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limited the scope of the Eighth Amendment to criminal punishments imposed after conviction ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Harry A. Blackmun
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Potter Stewart ⓘ Warren E. Burger ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
application of the Eighth Amendment to corporal punishment in public schools
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procedural due process requirements for corporal punishment in public schools ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ |
| originatingJurisdiction | Florida ⓘ |
| petitioner | James Ingraham ⓘ |
| precedentFor | limits on federal constitutional challenges to school corporal punishment ⓘ |
| rearguedDate | 1977-01-12 ⓘ |
| respondent | J. R. Wright ⓘ |
| respondentRole | public school principal ⓘ |
| result | Judgment of the lower court was affirmed. ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | corporal punishment in public schools ⓘ |
| term | 1976 Term ⓘ |
| yearArgued | 1976 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1977 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ingraham v. Wright Description of subject: Ingraham v. Wright is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment does not apply to corporal punishment in public schools and that due process does not require a prior hearing before such discipline is imposed.
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linked to: Ingraham v. Wright