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Seling Vs. Young

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Oct 31, 2000

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  10. U.S. 250 (2000) October Term, 2000 Syllabus Seling, Superintendent, Special Commitment Center V. Young
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  11. concluding that the Act was unconstitutional. While the superintendent's appeal was pending, this Court decided Kansas v. Hendricks
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  12. to override legislative intent and conclude that an Act denominated civil is punitive in purpose or effect. Hudson v. United
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  13. does not comport with precedents in which this Court evaluated the validity of confinement schemes. See, e. g., Allen v. Illinois
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  14. confinement under the Act bear some reasonable relation to the purpose for which persons are committed. E. g., Foucha v. Louisiana
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  15. this Court held a similar commitment scheme for sexually violent predators in Kansas to be civil on its face, Kansas v. Hendricks
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  16. a Special Master to monitor progress at the Center. The Center currently operates under an injunction. Turay v. Seling
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  17. must be resolved by asking whether the Act itself is civil. Id., at 416-417, 986 P. 2d, at 810 (citing Hudson v. United
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  18. than civil, and that it violated the double jeopardy and ex post facto guarantees of the Constitution. Young v. Weston
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  19. F. Supp. 744 (WD Wash. 1995). The superintendent appealed. While the appeal was pending, this Court decided Kansas v. Hendricks
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  20. The Washington Act is strikingly similar to a commitment scheme we reviewed 261 four Terms ago in Kansas v. Hendricks
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  21. an Act is civil or punitive in nature is initially one of statutory construction. 521 U. S., at 361 (citing Allen v. Illinois
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  22. is so punitive in either purpose or effect as to negate the State's intention. 521 U. S., at 361 (citing United States v. Ward
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  23. the civil or punitive nature of an Act must begin with reference to its text and legislative history. Hudson v. United
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  24. Allen v. Illinois
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  25. case, and we do not decide claims that are not presented by the decision below. Matsushita Elec. Industrial Co. v. Epstein
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  26. of confinement under the Act bear some reasonable relation to the purpose for which persons are committed. Foucha v. Louisiana
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  27. the matter, the District Court noted some progress at the Center in meeting the requirements of the injunction. Turay v. Seling
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  28. confinement scheme is punitive has been the threshold question for some constitutional challenges. See, e. g., Kansas v. Hendricks
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  29. See Hudson v. United
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  30. features of the fines. We flatly rejected that contention, which found support in our prior decision in United States v. Halper
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  31. U. S., at 100, quoting from Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez
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  32. Hudson, supra, at 99 (emphasis added), quoting United States v. Ward
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  33. Rex Trailer Co. v. United
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  34. Hudson v. United
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  35. with our sound and traditional reluctance to be the initial interpreter of state law. See Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman
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  36. Young v. Weston
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  37. United States v. Christian
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  38. Court, In re Young, 122 Wash. 2d 1, 18-23, 857 P. 2d 989, 996-999 (1993), and then by the Ninth Circuit, Young v. Weston
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  39. as the majority puts it, ante, at 263, but also prohibited by our decision in Hudson v. United
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  40. Id., at 101, quoting Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez
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  41. internal quotation marks omitted). In so holding, we expressly disavowed the approach used in United States v. Halper
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  42. U. S., at 101. One of these nondispos- 3 The Hudson Court referred to the seven factors listed in Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez
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  43. in the context of federal constitutional issues is often a question of considerable difficulty. See Kansas v. Hendricks
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  44. post, at 275 (STEVENS, J., dissenting), I note that Kansas v. Hendricks
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  45. Allen, 478 U. S., at 369 (quoting United States v. Ward
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  46. U. S. 242 , 248-249 (1980)) (emphasis added). See also Hudson v. United
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  47. C94-480C (WD Wash.), Record, Doc. Nos. 57, 155. As a result, Young in no 276 way runs afoul of Hudson v. United
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  48. when, as a practical matter, 1 In his concurrence, JUSTICE SCALIA concludes that, under the rule of Hudson v. United
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  49. either in purpose or effect.''' See Kansas v. Hendricks
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  50. Syllabus Seling, Superintendent, Special Commitment Center V. Young
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