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BOARD OF PARDONS v. ALLEN

No. 86-461.

482 U.S. 369 (1987)

107 S.Ct. 2415

96 L.Ed.2d 303

BOARD OF PARDONS ET AL. v. ALLEN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 9, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clay R. Smith, Assistant Attorney General of Montana, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Michael T. Greely, Attorney General.

Stephen L. Pevar argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Edward I. Koren, Elizabeth Alexander, and Alvin J. Bronstein.*

Dennis E. Curtis, Judith Resnik, William J. Genego, John L. Pottenger, Jr., and Stephen Wizner filed a brief for the Yale Law School Legal Services Organization et al.

JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented is whether respondents have a liberty interest in parole release that is protected under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

I

Respondents are George Allen and Dale Jacobsen, inmates of the Montana State Prison.1 In 1984, after their applications for parole were denied, they filed this...

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