The Supreme Court extended Fourteenth Amendment due process protection to the parole revocation process, hold that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires a "neutral and detached" hearing body such as a parole board to give an evidentiary hearing prior to revoking the parole of a defendant and spelled out the minimum due process requirements for the revocation hearing. Decided June 29, 1972 (argued April 11, 1972). Opinion of the Court: Warren E. Burger → go there Dissenting: Douglas. Topic: Other criminal sentences. Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that people facing parole revocation have due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision requires that the states provide for a hearing before a "neutral and detached" hearing body, such as a parole board, to determine the factual basis for parole violations. This hearing is colloquially known as a "Morrissey hearing." Wiki link