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Legal Citation: 430 U.S. 651 (1977)

Petitioners
James Ingraham and Roosevelt Andrews, students at Drew Junior High School, Dade County, Florida

Respondents
Willie J. Wright, principal at Drew Junior High School; Lemmie Deliford, assistant principal; Solomon Barnes, assistant to the principal; Edward L. Whigham, superintendent of the Dade County School System

Petitioners' Claim
That the corporal punishment they had received at Drew Junior High School had deprived them of their constitutional rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioners
Bruce S. Rogow

Chief Lawyer for Respondents
Frank A. Howard, Jr.

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (writing for the Court), William H. Rehnquist, Potter Stewart

Justices Dissenting
William J....