Legal Opinion
Wolff v. McDonnell
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 1974No. 73-679PublishedCited by 11,216 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
We granted the petition for writ of certiorari in this case, 414 U. S. 1156 (1974), because it raises important questions concerning the administration of a state prison.
Respondent, on behalf of himself and other inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, Lincoln, Nebraska, filed a complaint under 42 U. S. C. § 19831 challenging several of the practices, rules, and regulations of the Complex. For present purposes, the pertinent *543allegations were that disciplinary proceedings did not comply with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution; that…
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