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PONTE v. REAL

No. 83-1329.

471 U.S. 491 (1985)

PONTE, SUPERINTENDENT, MASSACHUSETTS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION v. REAL

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1985

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin E. Levin, Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, argued the cause pro hac vice for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, and Barbara A. H. Smith, Assistant Attorney General.

Jonathan Shapiro argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that a prison disciplinary hearing which forfeited "good time" credits of respondent John Real was conducted in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution because there did not appear in the administrative record of that hearing a statement of reasons as to why the disciplinary board refused to allow respondent...

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