MISSOURI BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE ET AL.

v.

WILLIAMS ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Roberson v. Fla. Parole & Prob. Comm'n, 444 So. 2d 917 (Fla. 1983)
  …“one of the best procedural protections against arbitrary exercise of discretionary power lies in the requirement of findings and reasons that appear to reviewing judges to be rational.” Phillips v. Williams, 583 P. 2d 488, 490 (Okl.1978), vacated, 442 U.S. 926, 99 S.Ct. 2853, 61 L.Ed.2d 294 (1979) (quoting Monks v. New Jersey State Parole Board, 58 N.J. 238, 245, 277 A. 2d 193, 196 (1971)) (footnotes omitted) (original emphasis deleted; emphasis supplied). The only way to assure a proper respect for the r…
• Conn. Bd. of Pardons v. Dumschat, 452 U.S. 458 (U.S. 1981)
  …commutation is not granted. The Court of Appeals affirmed. 593 F. 2d 165 (CA2 1979). A petition for a writ of certiorari was filed, and we vacated and remanded for reconsideration in light of Greenholtz v. Nebraska Penal Inmates, 442 U. S. 1 (1979). 442 U. S. 926 (1979). On remand, the Court of Appeals reaffirmed its original decision, 618 F. 2d 216 (CA2 1980), stating: “In marked contrast [to the Nebraska statute considered in Oreenholtz], Connecticut’s pardons statute contains neither a presumption in fa…
• Jago v. Van Curen, 454 U.S. 14 (U.S. 1981)
  …v. Jago, 578 F. 2d 1382 (1978). We granted certiorari, vacated the judgment of the Court of Appeals, and remanded for further consideration in light of our decision in Greenholtz v. Nebraska Penal and Inmates, 442 U. S. 1 (1979). Jago v. Van Curen, 442 U. S. 926 (1979). On remand the Court of Appeals in turn remanded to the District Court for further consideration. Applying Green-holtz, the District Court determined that “early release in Ohio is a matter of grace” and that Ohio law “is fairly unambiguous…