The Supreme Court case Jago v. Van Curen(1981) examines whether the rescission of parole without a formal hearing violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In the decision of the case, the majority ruled that it is not a violation to rescind parole. Based on the majorities reasoning for their opinion I believe that the rescission of Van Curen’s parole was lawful.
I was not able to locate very many outside media sources related to the case other than government documents such as those available on Lexis-Nexis.
The opinion by was delivered by Chief Justice Burger, and joined by Justices White, Powell, Rehnquist, and O’ Connor. The court ruled that