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· 5/19/1976

Paul v. Davis

Citations

  • 424 U.S. 693
  • 96 S. Ct. 1155
  • 47 L. Ed. 2d 405
  • 1976 U.S. LEXIS 112

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  • finding disclosure of arrest on shoplifting charge not protected under Court’s 9 substantive privacy decisions
  • “the Court has never held that the mere defamation of an 21 individual, whether by branding him disloyal or otherwise, was sufficient to invoke the 22 guarantees of procedural due process absent an accompanying loss of government 23 employment”
  • “the Court has never held that the mere defamation 7 of an individual, whether by branding him disloyal or otherwise, was sufficient to invoke the 8 guarantees of procedural due process absent an accompanying loss of government 9 employment”

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Judges: Blackmun, Brennan, Burger, Rehnquist, Stewart

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