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BAXTER v. PALMIGIANO

No. 74-1187.

425 U.S. 308 (1976)

BAXTER ET AL. v. PALMIGIANO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald A. Dwight, Special Assistant Attorney General of Rhode Island, argued the cause for petitioners in No. 74-1187. With him on the brief was Julius C. Michaelson, Attorney General. William D. Stein, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for petitioners in No. 74-1194. With him on the brief were Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, and W. Eric Collins and Morris Lenk, Deputy Attorneys General.

Stephen J. Fortunato, Jr., argued the cause for respondent in No. 74-1187. With him on the brief was David Carliner. William Bennett Turner argued the cause for respondents in No. 74-1194. With him on the brief were John Thorne, Lowell Johnston, Jack Greenberg, Stanley A. Bass, and Fay Stender.†

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases present questions as to procedures required at prison disciplinary hearings and as to the reach of our recent decision in Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539 (1974).

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A. No. 74-1194

Respondents are inmates of the California penal institution at San Quentin. They filed an action under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 seeking declaratory...

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