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Superintendent Vs. Hill

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 17, 1985

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  14. U.S. 445 (1985) U.S. Supreme Court Superintendent v. Hill
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  15. U.S. 445 (1985) Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole v. Hill
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  16. logically follows from Wolff v. McDonnell
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  17. review of the sufficiency of evidence where good time credits are revoked in a prison disciplinary proceeding. Ortwein v. Schwab
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  18. threaten constitutionally protected liberty or property interests. See, e.g., 298 U. S. Joseph Stockyards Co. v. United
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  19. make determinations implicating fundamental rights is a difficult question of constitutional law. See, e.g., Califano v. Sanders
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  20. never require some form of judicial review of determinations made in prison disciplinary proceedings. Cf. Crowell v. Benson
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  21. address the constitutional question unless it is necessary to the resolution of the case before the Court. See Johnson v. Robison
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  22. Taunton Eastern Little League v. Taunton
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  23. Mass. 719, 720, n. 1, 452 N.E.2d 211, 212, n. 1 (1983), quoting Reading v. Attorney
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  24. N.E.2d at 819, n. 2. The state court supported this conclusion by citing its previous decision in Boston Edison Co. v. Board
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  25. Concord, 355 Mass. 79, 242 N.E.2d 868 (1968), and the decision of the Appeals Court of Massachusetts in Cepulonis v. Commissioner
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  26. available writ, and did not narrow the relief formerly obtainable under the statute. See, e.g., Boston Edison Co. v. Boston
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  27. parties argued that the evidence was insufficient to meet standards imposed by state law. See also 1001 Plays, Inc. v. Mayor
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  28. McSweeney v. Town
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  29. an administrative decision is challenged on federal constitutional grounds. See, e.g., Taunton Eastern Little League v. Taunton
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  30. rule of judicial restraint requiring us to avoid unnecessary resolution of constitutional issues, see, e.g., Ashwander v. TVA
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  31. Pet. for Cert. i, 20-21. In Wolff v. McDonnell
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  32. challenge the holding below that Massachusetts law creates a liberty interest in good time credits. See also Nelson v. Commissioner
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  33. and depend on a balancing of the interests affected by the relevant government action. E.g., Cafeteria Workers v. McElroy
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  34. be susceptible to manipulation, and preserving the disciplinary process as a means of rehabilitation. See, e.g., Ponte v. Real
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  35. important liberty interest violates due process if the decision is not supported by any evidence. See, e.g., Douglas v. Buder
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  36. Schware v. Board
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  37. Willis v. Ciccone
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  38. at 418 U. S. 556 , and neither the amount of evidence necessary to support such a conviction, see Jackson v. Virginia
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  39. Nelson v. Commissioner
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  40. not appropriate for this Court even if a diligent search will disclose error in the record. Cf. United States v. Hasting
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  41. See Marino v. Ragen
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  42. Florida v. Rodriguez
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  43. on the issue have concluded that some evidence must support a decision to revoke good-time credits. See, e.g., Adams v. Gunnell
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  44. Inglese v. Warden
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  45. Rusher v. Arnold
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  46. standard a few years ago. Aikens v. Lash
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  47. standard. See Brown-Bey v. United
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  48. Dawson v. Smith
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  49. Jackson v. Carlson
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  50. U.S. Supreme Court Superintendent v. Hill
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