Michael Prieto v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

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

• 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’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).