(DOWNLOAD) "Neal V. Fulton County Board Of Education" by Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Neal V. Fulton County Board Of Education
- Author : Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 06, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 73 KB
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Plaintiff Durante Neal, a high school freshman and member of the varsity football team, appeals from the district court's dismissal of his complaint alleging that Tommy Ector, a high school teacher and football coach, violated his right under the Due Process Clause to be free from excessive corporal punishment. Ector allegedly struck Plaintiff with a metal weight lock, blinding him in one eye, as a form of punishment for Plaintiff's involvement in a fight with another student. The vast majority of Circuits have concluded that substantive due process principles established by the Supreme Court protect a student from corporal punishment that is intentional, obviously excessive, and creates a foreseeable risk of serious injury. Because we conclude that, on the facts alleged in this case, Plaintiff has stated a claim, we vacate the dismissal and remand for further proceedings.