Legal Opinion
Baxter v. Palmigiano
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 20, 1976No. 74-1187PublishedCited by 1,966 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
These cases present questions as to procedures required at prison disciplinary hearings and as to the reach of our recent decision in Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U. S. 539 (1974).
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A. No. 74-1194
Respondents are inmates of the California penal institution at San Quentin. They filed an action under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and alleging that the procedures used in disciplinary proceedings at San Quentin violated their rights to due process and equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.1 After an evi-*311dentiary hearing, the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Garrity v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Grunewald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by1,966 opinions
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Johnson v. DuffyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Cassesso v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Vitek v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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