Legal Opinion
Ault v. Holmes
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 15, 1974No. Nos. 73-2049 and 73-2208PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
These two cases, which were consolidated for hearing, presented the same basic problems, namely, whether or not prisoners in Kentucky’s penal system have a due process right to a hearing before they are transferred out of the state to continue service of their penal term in the penitentiary systems of other states, and if so, what sort of hearing is required.
The cases were heard before Judge Charles Allen in Louisville, who entered thoughtful opinions finding due process violations in defendants’ denial of any hearing (absent an “emergency” situation),1 and spelling out…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Phillips v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Ex Parte BransfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Board of Regents v. New Left Education ProjectSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sands v. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Moen v. WilsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
- Davis v. BalsonDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1978
- Kendrick v. BlandDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1984
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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