Legal Opinion
Ponte v. Real
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 20, 1985No. 83-1329PublishedCited by 469 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that a prison disciplinary hearing which forfeited “good time” credits of respondent John Real was conducted in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution because there did not appear in the administrative record of that hearing a statement of reasons as to why the disciplinary board refused to allow respondent to call witnesses whom he had requested. Real v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, 390 Mass. 399, 456 N. E. 2d 1111 (1983). We granted certiorari, 469…
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3Cited by469 opinions
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