Cabell v. Chavez-Salido

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Cabell v. Chavez-Salido
L. Ed. 2d
677
Holding
Laws excluding aliens from becoming probation officers are constitutional because they fall within the political function exception to the Equal Protection clause.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
MajorityWhite, joined by Burger, Powell, Rehnquist, O'Connor
DissentBlackmun, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Stevens
Laws applied
United States Constitution, Amendment XIV

Cabell v. Chavez-Salido, 454 U.S. 432 (1982), was a case decided by the

equal protection analysis because probation officers exercise discretionary power involving a basic governmental function that gives them authority over the individual.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Varat, J.D. et al. Constitutional Law Cases and Materials, Concise Thirteenth Edition. Foundation Press, New York, NY: 2009, p. 667

External links

  • Text of Cabell v. Chavez-Salido, 454 U.S. 432 (1982) is available from: Google Scholar  Justia  Library of Congress  Oyez (oral argument audio) 
  • Galloway Jr., Russell W. (1989). "Basic Equal Protection Analysis". Santa Clara Law Review. Retrieved February 8, 2021.