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Sixth Circuit· 3/11/1986

Janan v. Trammell

Citations

  • 785 F.2d 557

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the plaintiff “was simply a member of the public at large”
  • holding that the release of an inmate on parole, who eventually murdered a citizen, did not violate the Due Process Clause because “there is [no] showing that the victim, as distinguished from the public at large, faces a special danger”
  • finding no liability where plaintiff did not claim that the state actors should have known that their actions endangered the decedent
  • release of a parolee only endangered plaintiff as a member of the public at large
  • targeted threat against one person did not create a special relationship with a member of the general public
  • a parolee's release endangered plaintiff as a member of the public at large

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Judges: Keith, Martin, Rubin

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