Legal Opinion
Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 29, 1979No. 78-201PublishedCited by 3,026 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to decide whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applies to discretionary parole-release determinations made by the Nebraska Board of Parole, and, if so, whether the procedures the Board currently provides meet constitutional requirements.
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Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex brought a class action under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 claiming that they had been unconstitutionally denied parole by the Board *4of Parole. The suit was filed against the individual members of the Board. One of the claims of the inmates was that the statutes and the…
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