Vitek v. Jones

Vitek v. Jones
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 5, 1979 Decided March 25, 1980
Full case name	Vitek v. Jones
Docket no.	78-1155
Citations	445 U.S. 480 (more)
Argument	Oral argument
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Case history
Prior	Miller v. Vitek, 437 F. Supp. 569 (Neb. 1977) Vitek v. Jones 436 U.S. 407 (1978)
Holding
Prisoners have a right to notice, an adversarial hearing, and counsel before involuntary transfer to psychiatric treatment
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Majority	White, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Powell, Stevens
Concurrence	Powell (in part)
Dissent	Stewart, joined by Burger, Rehnquist
Dissent	Blackmun
Laws applied
Due Process Clause

Vitek v. Jones, 445 U.S. 480 (1980), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that state prisoners are entitled to notice, an adversarial hearing, and counsel before their involuntary transfer to state mental hospitals for treatment under the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause.