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On August 31, 1976, Judge Battisti ruled that Cleveland Public Schools and the Ohio State Board of Education had violated plaintiffs’ Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection of the law by “intentionally fostering and maintaining a segregated school system within the Cleveland public schools.”
Ingraham v. Wright, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on April 19, 1977, ruled (5–4) that corporal punishment in public schools did not fall within the scope of the “cruel and unusual punishments” clause of the Eighth Amendment and did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of procedural due process.
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The Court rests its invalidation of the school regulations involved in these cases on the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, rather than on any claim of sexual discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause of that Amendment.
LaFleur and another teacher, Ann Nelson, sued the Cleveland Board of Education in federal court, alleging that the school violated their rights to due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.
LaFleur, 414 U.S. 632 (1974), found that overly restrictive maternity leave regulations in public schools violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment.
Apr 20, 2017 · The law requires public schools to provide all students with disabilities with a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). It also prohibits schools from expelling or suspending students with disabilities for longer than 10 days, when the student’s actions are caused by their disability.
Instead, Justice Powell argued that the board's classifications violated the female teachers' right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment because they were not rationally related to the school's legitimate interest in fostering continuity of teaching.
