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Legal Citation: 419 U.S. 256 (1974)

Petitioner
Maurice Schick

Respondent
George J. Reed

Petitioner's Claim
That President Eisenhower's decision to commute Schick's death sentence on the condition that he never be granted parole was unconstitutional.

Chief Lawyer for Peitioner
Homer E. Moyer, Jr.

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Louis F. Claiborne

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger (writing for the Court), Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
23 December 1974

Decision
Eisenhower's no-parole condition did not violate the Constitution.

Significance
In Schick...