Goss v. Lopez

Goss v. Lopez (1975) is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that established that students have a right to due process before being suspended from school. The case involved students in Ohio who were suspended without a hearing, which they argued violated their rights. The Court ruled that public school students are entitled to some degree of procedural protections under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision emphasized that students should be informed of the allegations against them and given an opportunity to respond before disciplinary actions are taken.