Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Due process, prisoners' and defendants' rights,” part of the Due Process area.
Fourteenth Amendment (due process)25
Fifth Amendment (due process)7
Federal Rules of Civil or Appellate Procedure1
28 U.S.C. § 6361
Article III, Section 2, Paragraph 1 (case or controversy requirement)1
18 U.S.C. § 31411
18 U.S.C. § 50031
28 U.S.C. § 18211
- Gutierrez v. Saenz
145 S. Ct. 2258Decided June 26, 20256–3Sonia Sotomayor
- Glossip v. Oklahoma
145 S. Ct. 612Decided February 25, 20256–2Sonia Sotomayor
- Lombardo v. St. Louis
141 S. Ct. 2239Decided June 28, 20216–3Per curiam
- United States v. DavisLaw held unconstitutional
139 S. Ct. 2319Decided June 24, 20195–4Neil M. Gorsuch
- Johnson v. United StatesAltered precedentLaw held unconstitutional
576 U.S. 591Decided June 26, 20158–1Antonin Scalia
- Reginald A. Wilkinson v. Charles E. Austin
545 U.S. 209Decided June 13, 20059–0Anthony M. Kennedy
- Charles Thomas Sell v. United States
539 U.S. 166Decided June 16, 20036–3Stephen G. Breyer
- Ohio Adult Parole Authority v. Eugene Woodard
523 U.S. 272Decided March 25, 19989–0William H. Rehnquist
- Leroy L. Young v. Ernest Eugene Harper
520 U.S. 143Decided March 18, 19979–0Clarence Thomas
- Samuel A. Lewis v. Fletcher Casey, Jr.Altered precedent
518 U.S. 343Decided June 24, 19968–1Antonin Scalia
- Cinda Sandin v. Demont R. D. Conner
515 U.S. 472Decided June 19, 19955–4William H. Rehnquist
- Robert C. Rufo v. Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail
502 U.S. 367Decided January 15, 19926–2Byron R. White
- John H. McCarthy v. Bronson
500 U.S. 136Decided May 20, 19919–0John Paul Stevens
- Michael Owen Perry v. Louisiana
498 U.S. 38Decided November 13, 19908–0Per curiam
- Washington v. Walter Harper
494 U.S. 210Decided February 27, 19906–3Anthony M. Kennedy
- Kentucky Department of Corrections v. Thompson
490 U.S. 454Decided May 15, 19896–3Harry A. Blackmun
- Board of Pardons v. Allen
482 U.S. 369Decided June 9, 19876–3William J. Brennan Jr.
- United States v. Salerno
481 U.S. 739Decided May 26, 19876–3William H. Rehnquist
- Superintendent v. Hill
472 U.S. 445Decided June 17, 19856–3Sandra Day O'Connor
- Ponte v. Real
471 U.S. 491Decided May 20, 19856–2William H. Rehnquist
- Black v. Romano
471 U.S. 606Decided May 20, 19858–0Sandra Day O'Connor
- Block v. Rutherford
468 U.S. 576Decided July 3, 19846–3Warren E. Burger
- City of Revere v. Massachusetts General Hospital
463 U.S. 239Decided June 27, 19839–0Harry A. Blackmun
- Olim v. Wakinekona
461 U.S. 238Decided April 26, 19836–3Harry A. Blackmun
- Hewitt v. Helms
459 U.S. 460Decided February 22, 19835–4William H. Rehnquist
- Jago v. Van Curen
454 U.S. 14Decided November 9, 19816–3Per curiam
- Connecticut Board of Pardons v. Dumschat
452 U.S. 458Decided June 17, 19817–2Warren E. Burger
- Howe v. Smith
452 U.S. 473Decided June 17, 19819–0Warren E. Burger
- Vitek v. JonesLaw held unconstitutional
445 U.S. 480Decided March 25, 19805–4Byron R. White
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correction Complex
442 U.S. 1Decided May 29, 19795–4Warren E. Burger
- Bell v. Wolfish
441 U.S. 520Decided May 14, 19796–3William H. Rehnquist
- Bounds v. Smith
430 U.S. 817Decided April 27, 19776–3Thurgood Marshall
- Moody v. Daggett
429 U.S. 78Decided November 15, 19767–2Warren E. Burger
- Meachum v. Fano
427 U.S. 215Decided June 25, 19766–3Byron R. White
- Montanye v. Haymes
427 U.S. 236Decided June 25, 19766–3Byron R. White
- Baxter v. Palmigiano
425 U.S. 308Decided April 20, 19766–2Byron R. White
- Wolff v. McDonnell
418 U.S. 539Decided June 26, 19746–3Byron R. White
- Marshall v. United States
414 U.S. 417Decided January 9, 19746–3Warren E. Burger
- Hurtado v. United States
410 U.S. 578Decided March 5, 19737–2Potter Stewart
- McGinnis v. Royster
410 U.S. 263Decided February 21, 19737–2Lewis F. Powell Jr.
- Morrissey v. Brewer
408 U.S. 471Decided June 29, 19729–0Warren E. Burger
- Younger v. Gilmore
404 U.S. 15Decided November 8, 19717–0Per curiam
- Arciniega v. Freeman, U.S. Marshal
404 U.S. 4Decided October 26, 19717–0Per curiam
- Solesbee v. Balkcom
339 U.S. 9Decided February 20, 19507–1Hugo L. Black
