Here are a list of precedents for the case.
United States v. Barnett (1964): "In defining the requirements of procedural due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, the Court has been attuned to what "has always been the law of the land."
Greene v. McElroy (1959): "In defining the requirements of procedural due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, the Court has been attuned to the traditional ideas of fair procedure."
Esthelle v. Gamble (1976): "The Court held that failure to provide for the medical needs of prisoners could constitute cruel and unusual punishment even though a medical malpractice remedy in tort was available to prisoners under state law."
Goss v. Lopez (1975): "Events calling for discipline are frequent occurrences and sometimes require immediate, effective action."
Wolff v. McDonnell (1974): The Court ruled that "some kind of hearing is required at some time before a person is finally deprived of his property interests . . . [and that] a person's liberty is equally protected."
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969): "[T]he Court has repeatedly emphasized the need for affirming the comprehensive authority of the States and of school officials, consistent with fundamental constitutional safeguards, to prescribe and control conduct in the schools."