United States v. Salerno

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United States v. Salerno (1987) was a United States Supreme Court decision. It determined that the "Bail Reform Act of 1984", which permitted the federal courts to detain an arrestee prior to trial if the government could prove that the individual was potentially dangerous to other people in the community, did not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, nor the Excessive Bail Clause of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote the opinion for the majority.