Kansas v. Crane
| Kansas v. Crane | |
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| Argued October 30, 2001 Decided January 22, 2002 | |
| Full case name | Kansas, Petitioner v. Michael T. Crane |
| Docket no. | 00-957 |
| Citations | 534 U.S. 407 (more) 122 S. Ct. 867; 151 L. Ed. 2d 856 |
| Holding | |
| The Constitution does not permit commitment of the type of dangerous sexual offender considered in Hendricks without a determination that the offender lacks self control. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Breyer, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg |
| Dissent | Scalia, joined by Thomas |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. VIII | |
Kansas v. Crane, 534 U.S. 407 (2002), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the Kansas Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA) as consistent with substantive due process. The Court clarified that its earlier holding in Kansas v. Hendricks (1997) did not set forth a requirement of total or complete lack of control, but it noted that the US Constitution does not permit commitment of a sex offender without some lack-of-control determination.