Procunier, Corrections Director, et al. v. Navarette

Decided February 22, 1978. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 76-446 · 434 U.S. 555 (1978) · Cited 925 times

Holding

The Court of Appeals erred in reversing the District Court's summary judgment for petitioners.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Wood v. Strickland · 420 U.S. 308 (1975)
• Scheuer v. Rhodes · 416 U.S. 232 (1974)
• O'Connor v. Donaldson · 422 U.S. 563 (1975)
• Imbler v. Pachtman · 424 U.S. 409 (1976)
• Pierson v. Ray · 386 U.S. 547 (1967)
• Procunier v. Martinez · 416 U.S. 396 (1974)
• Johnson v. Avery · 393 U.S. 483 (1969)
• Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · 402 U.S. 313 (1971)
• Younger v. Gilmore · 404 U.S. 15 (1971)
• Tenney v. Brandhove · 341 U.S. 367 (1951)
• Ex Parte Hull · 312 U.S. 546 (1941)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Baker v. McCollan · 443 U.S. 137 (1979)
• Smith v. Wade · 461 U.S. 30 (1983)
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
• Owen v. City of Independence · 445 U.S. 622 (1980)
• Richardson v. McKnight · 521 U.S. 399 (1997)
• Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Comm. (Ohio) · 459 U.S. 87 (1982)
• Anderson v. Creighton · 483 U.S. 635 (1987)
• Parratt v. Taylor · 451 U.S. 527 (1981)
• Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati · 475 U.S. 469 (1986)
• Gomez v. Toledo · 446 U.S. 635 (1980)
• Rehberg v. Paulk · 566 U.S. 356 (2012)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 515 U.S. 70 (1995)
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• Illinois v. Gates · 462 U.S. 213 (1983)
• United States v. Leon · 468 U.S. 897 (1984)
• Hudson v. McMillian · 503 U.S. 1 (1992)
• United States v. Mendenhall · 446 U.S. 544 (1980)
• City of Oklahoma v. Tuttle · 471 U.S. 808 (1985)
• Butz v. Economou · 438 U.S. 478 (1978)
• Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex · 442 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Wilson v. Layne · 526 U.S. 603 (1999)
• Davis v. Scherer · 468 U.S. 183 (1984)
• City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc. · 453 U.S. 247 (1981)
• Behrens v. Pelletier · 516 U.S. 299 (1996)
• United States v. Hasting · 461 U.S. 499 (1983)
• Maine v. Thiboutot · 448 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• United States v. Bailey · 444 U.S. 394 (1980)
• Cleavinger v. Saxner · 474 U.S. 193 (1985)
• United States v. Stanley · 483 U.S. 669 (1987)

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