Goss v. Lopez

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Goss v. Lopez

Argued October 16, 1974
Decided January 22, 1975


Full case name:	Goss et al. v. Lopez et al.

Citations:	419 U.S. 565
Prior history:	Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Holding

The student's suspension from school without a hearing violated the due process right protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.

Court membership

Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices: William O. Douglas, William J. Brennan, Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist

Case opinions

Majority by: White
Joined by: Douglas, Stewart, Brennan, Marshall
Dissent by: Powell
Joined by: Burger, Blackmun, Rehnquist

Laws applied

U.S. Const. Amend. XIV

Goss v. Lopez was a Supreme Court case in United States. It held that the school must conduct a hearing before subjecting a student to suspension. It was a 5-4 decision, and the opinion of the court was authored by Justice Byron White. The court reasoned that the arbitrary suspension of student without a fair hearing was violative to due process rights that were granted by the Fourteenth Amendment. Justice Lewis Powell along with other three justices dissented.