Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Leroy v. Great Western United Corp.
440 U.S. 944
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1979-03-05
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- 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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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 32 opinions
C. A. 5th Cir. [Probable jurisdiction noted, 439 U. S. 1065.] Motion of the Solicitor General to permit the Securities and Exchange Commission to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae granted, and 15 additional minutes allotted for that purpose. Appellant also allotted 15 additional minutes for oral argument.