Legal Opinion
Franklin v. Shields
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1977No. Nos. 75-2056, 75-2057 and 75-2167PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:
On appeal, the Virginia Probation and Parole Board challenges the district court’s ruling that the fourteenth amendment’s due process clause applies to parole release proceedings. We affirm. Both the Board and the prisoners question the specific procedural safeguards which the court found were constitutionally required in such proceedings. With respect to these, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
*787The four plaintiffs in Franklin1 are Virginia prisoners who were eligible for parole but were denied release. Each filed a pro se complaint challenging the…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by103 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- James Anthony Sweeton v. Robert Brown, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
- John Houston Sellars v. Raymond K. ProcunierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Frederick Robert Paine v. Ben L. Baker, Supervisor of Records, and the North Carolina Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
- Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. Diamond, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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