Goss v. Lopez

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fourteenth Amendment due process case
United States Supreme Court case
landmark education law case
areaOfLaw civil rights law
constitutional law
education law
arguedDate October 16, 1974
citation 419 U.S. 565
concurrenceBy Justice William O. Douglas NERFINISHED
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate January 22, 1975
defendants Columbus, Ohio public school officials
dissentingOpinionBy Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. NERFINISHED
Justice William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED
fullCaseName Goss et al. v. Lopez et al. NERFINISHED
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.
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.
Influenced school district disciplinary codes and student due process policies across the United States.
joinedByInMajority Justice Harry A. Blackmun NERFINISHED
Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. NERFINISHED
Justice Thurgood Marshall NERFINISHED
Justice William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED
Justice William O. Douglas NERFINISHED
jurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
languageOfOpinion English
legalIssue procedural due process rights of public school students
lowerCourt United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio NERFINISHED
lowerCourtDisposition Judgment for students affirmed
majorityOpinionBy Justice Byron R. White NERFINISHED
originatingState Ohio NERFINISHED
plaintiffs Public school students in Columbus, Ohio
relatedCase Ingraham v. Wright NERFINISHED
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District NERFINISHED
relatedConcept liberty interest in reputation
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.
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
school suspensions
student discipline
volume 419
year 1975

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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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