Supreme Court· 1/21/1986

Daniels v. Williams

Citations

474 U.S. 327
106 S. Ct. 662
88 L. Ed. 2d 662
1986 U.S. LEXIS 43
54 U.S.L.W. 4090

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concluding that \injuries inflicted by governmental negligence are not addressed by the United States Constitution\
holding that the Due Process Clause was \intended to secure the individual from the arbitrary exercise of the powers of government\
holding that the Due Process Clause \bar[s] certain government actions regardless of the fairness of the procedures used to implement them\
holding that negligence does not violate the due process clause but reserving the question whether gross negligence does
holding that negligence does not give rise to a § 1983 claim based on an alleged due process violation
holding that “[wjhere a government official’s act causing injury to life, liberty, or property is merely negligent, ‘no procedure for compensation is constitutionally required’ ”

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Judges: Rehnquist, Burger, Brennan, White, Powell, O'Connor, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens

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