Schall, Commissioner of New York City Department of Juvenile Justice v. Martin et al.

Decided June 4, 1984. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 82-1248 · 467 U.S. 253 (1984) · Cited 785 times

Holding

Section 320.5(3)(b) is not invalid under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Bell v. Wolfish · 441 U.S. 520 (1979)
• Gerstein v. Pugh · 420 U.S. 103 (1975)
• In Re GAULT · 387 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
• Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · 372 U.S. 144 (1963)
• Santosky v. Kramer · 455 U.S. 745 (1982)
• Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex · 442 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Jurek v. Texas · 428 U.S. 262 (1976)
• McKeiver v. Pennsylvania · 403 U.S. 528 (1971)
• Kent v. United States · 383 U.S. 541 (1966)
• Morrissey v. Brewer · 408 U.S. 471 (1972)
• Baker v. McCollan · 443 U.S. 137 (1979)
• Ingraham v. Wright · 430 U.S. 651 (1977)
• Snyder v. Massachusetts · 291 U.S. 97 (1934)
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156 (1972)
• Zablocki v. Redhail · 434 U.S. 374 (1978)
• Breed v. Jones · 421 U.S. 519 (1975)
• Stack v. Boyle · 342 U.S. 1 (1951)
• Leland v. Oregon · 343 U.S. 790 (1952)
• Terry v. Ohio · 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
• Barker v. Wingo · 407 U.S. 514 (1972)
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · 461 U.S. 95 (1983)
• Barefoot v. Estelle · 463 U.S. 880 (1983)
• Fuentes v. Shevin · 407 U.S. 67 (1972)
• Rochin v. California · 342 U.S. 165 (1952)
• Eddings v. Oklahoma · 455 U.S. 104 (1982)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)

Cited by

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

• Reno v. Flores · 507 U.S. 292 (1993)
• United States v. Salerno · 481 U.S. 739 (1987)
• Kingsley v. Hendrickson · 576 U.S. 389 (2015)
• Demore v. Kim · 538 U.S. 510 (2003)
• Seling v. Young · 531 U.S. 250 (2001)
• Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party · 552 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Foucha v. Louisiana · 504 U.S. 71 (1992)
• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip · 499 U.S. 1 (1991)
• Thompson v. Oklahoma · 487 U.S. 815 (1988)
• Yarborough v. Alvarado · 541 U.S. 652 (2004)
• Kansas v. Hendricks · 521 U.S. 346 (1997)
• County of Riverside v. McLaughlin · 500 U.S. 44 (1991)
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld · 542 U.S. 507 (2004)
• City of Chicago v. Morales · 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
• Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. · 532 U.S. 424 (2001)
• Block v. Rutherford · 468 U.S. 576 (1984)
• Hodgson v. Minnesota · 497 U.S. 417 (1990)

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