Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Takahashi v. Board of Trustees of Livingston Union School District

Takahashi v. Bd. of Trs. of Livingston Union Sch. Dist., 476 U.S. 1182 (1986)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1986-06-16
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • abbreviated proportionality review following lengthy sentences without possibility of parole based on convictions for possession of a large amount of illegal drugs
  • Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277, 103 S.Ct. 3001, 77 L.Ed.2d 637 (1983) does not require a proportionality review of any sentence less than life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
  • 50 and 75 year sentences without parole

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Takahashi v. Board of Trustees of Livingston Union School District. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.