Wilkinson v. Austin
2005 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wilkinson v. Austin, 545 U.S. 209 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that while the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment gives rise to a liberty interest in not being placed in a Supermax prison, Ohio's procedures for determining which prisoners should be placed there satisfied the requirements of due process.
Quick Facts Wilkinson v. Austin, Argued March 30, 2005 Decided June 13, 2005 ...
Wilkinson v. Austin | |
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Argued March 30, 2005 Decided June 13, 2005 | |
Full case name | Wilkinson, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction v. Austin et al. |
Citations | 545 U.S. 209 (more) 125 S. Ct. 2384; 162 L. Ed. 2d 174 |
Case history | |
Prior | Ruling in favor of the prison inmate plaintiffs, 189 F. Supp. 2d 719 (N.D. Ohio 2002), as modified, 204 F. Supp. 2d 1024 (N.D. Ohio 2002), affirmed by the Sixth Circuit, 372 F.3d 346 (6th Cir. 2004); cert. granted, 543 U.S. ___ (2005). |
Holding | |
Ohio's procedures for assigning prisoners to its Supermax facility conform with procedural due process protections. | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Kennedy, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
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