KENTUCKY DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS v. THOMPSON

No. 87-1815.

490 U.S. 454 (1989)

KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ET AL. v. THOMPSON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 15, 1989


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Willett Jones argued the cause for petitioners. With her on the briefs was Leslie Patterson Vose.

Joseph S. Elder II argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.*


JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case we consider whether Kentucky prison regulations give state inmates, for purposes of the Fourteenth Amendment, a liberty interest in receiving certain visitors.

I

In September 1976, Kentucky inmates brought a federal class action under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 challenging conditions of confinement in the Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville...

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