Opinion

Dappolonia v. Board of Chiropractic Examiners

  • 434 U.S. 1056
  • 98 S. Ct. 1223
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Feb 21, 1978
Status
Published
Cited by
99 cases
Authority
More cited than 99.2%

approving district court's finding of a liberty interest in state rules, practices and procedures

How later courts described this case

  • approving district court's finding of a liberty interest in state rules, practices and procedures
  • affirming sub. nom. Wright v. Enomoto (U.S.D.C., N.D., Calif.) 462 F.Supp. 397 (1976)
  • administrative regulations created a liberty interest before inmate could be confined in maximum security
  • inmate had interest, conferred by statewide regulation and protected by due process, in not being confined in maximum security segregation for administrative reasons unless found, for clearly documented reasons, to come within standard set by state rules

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Appeal from Dist. Ct. App. Fla., 4th Dist., dismissed for want of substantial federal question.

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