Opinion

Vinzant v. King

  • 464 U.S. 965
  • 52 U.S.L.W. 3370
  • 104 S. Ct. 404
  • 78 L. Ed. 2d 344
  • 1983 U.S. LEXIS 2322
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Nov 7, 1983
Status
Published
Cited by
7 cases
Authority
More cited than 63.8%

prisoner’s due process right to disciplinary hearing was clearly established even before leading case, Wolff v: McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974), was decided

How later courts described this case

  • prisoner’s due process right to disciplinary hearing was clearly established even before leading case, Wolff v: McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974), was decided
  • prisoner’s due process right to disciplinary hearing clearly established even before leading case, Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974), decided
  • qualified immu nity defense rejected because prisoner’s due process rights in disciplinary proceedings were clearly established even before Wolff
  • inmate in Massachusetts prison had clearly established lib erty interest against being put in isolated confinement without a due process hearing

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

C. A. 1st Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed informa pauperis granted. Cer-tiorari denied.

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