Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Lawrence Forman v. Cecil McCall Chairman, United States Parole Commission, United States Parole Commission
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 10, 1983No. 82-3021PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This' appeal presents the question whether the application of United States Parole Commission guidelines promulgated in 1979 to an individual convicted of offenses committed between 1967 and 1974, when a prior set of guidelines was in effect, violates the ex post facto clause of the United States Constitution.1 Subsumed within this determination is the question whether the guidelines constitute “laws” within the meaning of the ex post facto clause. The district court, relying on our opinion in Geraghty v. United States Parole Commission, 579 F.2d 238…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States Parole Commission v. GeraghtySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Calder v. BullSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
- Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. AddonizioSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Joseph Coady v. Donald T. Vaughn the District Attorney of the County of Montgomery the Attorney General of the State of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- Conklin Wallace v. Robert ChristensenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Marshall v. LansingCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- William J. Prater v. U.S. Parole Commission and Thomas Keohane, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Douglas Charles Dufresne v. Benjamin Baer, Chairman, U.S. Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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