Vitek, Correctional Director, et al. v. Jones (445 U.S. 480)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 25, 1980 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 445 U.S. 480 · 100 S. Ct. 1254
- Decided
- March 25, 1980
- Term
- October Term 1979
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice White
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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