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SCOTUS Case

Hewitt v. Helms

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Background

Hewitt v. Helms — U.S. Supreme Court case. This entry links to the full opinion in the CourtListener corpus.

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How courts have described this case

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  • “Liberty interests 10 protected by the Fourteenth Amendment may arise from two sources—the Due Process Clause 11 itself and the laws of the States.”

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