McConkie v. Nichols

How courts have described this case

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

• “Conscience-shocking conduct usually entails physical or psychological abuse, or significant interference with a protected relationship, such as the parent-child relationship.”
• “conscience-shocking executive action ‘must be stunning, evidencing more than humdrum legal error’”
• lies told by police detective during interrogation to induce confession did not shock the conscience
• “The Due Process Clause does not impose liability every time someone with state authority causes harm; otherwise, the Constitution would be downgraded to a font of tort law.”
• “negligent conduct, simpliciter, is categorically insufficient to shock the conscience”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).