The Facts of Goss v. Lopez:
Nine students (including Lopez) were suspended for ten days from Marion-Franklin High School in Columbus, Ohio following student unrest in March of 1971. The students charged the school board and administrators with depriving them of their right to education without a timely hearing.


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