Robert J. Scarpa v. U. S. Board of Parole, Walter Dunbar, Chairman

With respectful regard for the views expressed by the majority I am unable to agree with the opinion, and therefore dissent. By equating “some elements of due process” which are required in the revocation of parole with proceedings by the Parole Board to determine whether parole should be granted to an incarcerated prisoner, the opinion opens a vast new area of federal litigation. This case illustrates the truth of the statement of Mr. Justice Douglas “that any principle once announced may in time gain a momentum not warranted by the exigencies of its creation.” H. K. Porter Co. v. N. L. R.…