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· 10/3/1977

Collins v. Maggio

Citations

  • 434 U.S. 852
  • 98 S. Ct. 166

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • neither the Congress nor the commission could retroactively decrease parole eligibility of prisoners sentenced prior to new statutes or administrative guidelines without offending the Ex Post Facto Clause of the Constitution
  • “A forbearance to consider these options constituted a failure properly to exercise discretion.”

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