Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Hutchins v. Brogan
479 U.S. 1019
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1986-12-15
- Topic
- general
Unless the regulation limits an official’s discretion in denying the benefit to “objective and defined” criteria, no protected interest has been created. | restrictions on library use, and requirement of body cavity search before and after library use, justified by security and administrative concerns | inmate has property interest in funds in his prison account | inmate has property interest in funds in his prison account | upholding visual body cavity searches following visits to law library
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- 39 opinions
C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.