Vitek, Correctional Director, et al. v. Jones

Decided March 25, 1980. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-1155 · 445 U.S. 480 (1980) · Cited 1,747 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Wolff v. McDonnell · 418 U.S. 539 (1974)
• Gagnon v. Scarpelli · 411 U.S. 778 (1973)
• Addington v. Texas · 441 U.S. 418 (1979)
• Morrissey v. Brewer · 408 U.S. 471 (1972)
• Meachum v. Fano · 427 U.S. 215 (1976)
• O'Shea v. Littleton · 414 U.S. 488 (1974)
• Sibron v. New York · 392 U.S. 40 (1968)
• Parham v. J. R. · 442 U.S. 584 (1979)
• Montanye v. Haymes · 427 U.S. 236 (1976)
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
• Goldberg v. Kelly · 397 U.S. 254 (1970)
• Perry v. Sindermann · 408 U.S. 593 (1972)
• Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex · 442 U.S. 1 (1979)
• United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · 345 U.S. 629 (1953)
• County of Los Angeles v. Davis · 440 U.S. 625 (1979)
• Weinstein v. Bradford · 423 U.S. 147 (1975)
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · 330 U.S. 75 (1947)
• United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc. · 393 U.S. 199 (1968)
• Humphrey v. Cady · 405 U.S. 504 (1972)
• International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, Local 37 v. Boyd · 347 U.S. 222 (1954)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Ingraham v. Wright · 430 U.S. 651 (1977)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co. · 312 U.S. 270 (1941)
• Bell v. Burson · 402 U.S. 535 (1971)
• Baxter v. Palmigiano · 425 U.S. 308 (1976)
• United States v. Munsingwear, Inc. · 340 U.S. 36 (1950)
• Arnett v. Kennedy · 416 U.S. 134 (1974)
• Sosna v. Iowa · 419 U.S. 393 (1975)

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• Washington v. Harper · 494 U.S. 210 (1990)
• Olim v. Wakinekona · 461 U.S. 238 (1983)
• O'Bannon v. Town Court Nursing Center · 447 U.S. 773 (1980)
• Kerry v. Din · 576 U.S. 86 (2015)
• Foucha v. Louisiana · 504 U.S. 71 (1992)
• Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty. · 452 U.S. 18 (1981)
• Kentucky Department of Corrections v. Thompson · 490 U.S. 454 (1989)
• Hewitt v. Helms · 459 U.S. 460 (1983)
• Ponte v. Real · 471 U.S. 491 (1985)
• Sandin v. Conner · 515 U.S. 472 (1995)
• Black v. Romano · 471 U.S. 606 (1985)
• United States v. Haymond · 588 U.S. 634 (2019)
• United States v. Raddatz · 447 U.S. 667 (1980)
• Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. · 455 U.S. 422 (1982)
• Ford v. Wainwright · 477 U.S. 399 (1986)
• Jones v. United States · 463 U.S. 354 (1983)
• Santosky v. Kramer · 455 U.S. 745 (1982)
• Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · 470 U.S. 532 (1985)
• DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services · 489 U.S. 189 (1989)
• Zinermon v. Burch · 494 U.S. 113 (1990)
• Wilkinson v. Austin · 545 U.S. 209 (2005)
• Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. Romeo · 457 U.S. 307 (1982)
• Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe · 509 U.S. 312 (1993)
• Davidson v. Cannon · 474 U.S. 344 (1986)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• California v. Greenwood · 486 U.S. 35 (1988)
• Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health · 497 U.S. 261 (1990)
• United States v. Georgia · 546 U.S. 151 (2006)
• Barclay v. Florida · 463 U.S. 939 (1983)
• Olmstead v. L.C. · 527 U.S. 581 (1999)

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