Legal Opinion
Williams v. Missouri Board of Probation & Parole
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 27, 1978No. 78-1136PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
On this appeal we are again confronted with the question of whether an inmate in a state prison is entitled to the protection of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in his consideration for release on parole. We are satisfied that the due process clause is implicated and, according*923ly, we reverse and remand to the district court.1
The plaintiffs-appellants in this action are prisoners incarcerated in the Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri, who were eligible for parole but were denied release.2 They sought relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Montanye v. HaymesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Williams v. WardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Franklin v. ShieldsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Michael Holup v. J. Bernard Gates, Chairman, Connecticut Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re the Personal Restraint of SinkaWashington Supreme Court · 1979
- Claud M. Brown v. W. R. VermillionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- Williams v. Missouri Board Of Probation And ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- McCray v. DietzDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1980
- Tomich v. Missouri Bd. of Probation and ParoleDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1984