Supreme Court· 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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holding that man wrongly identified in police flier as active shoplifter not deprived of liberty or property interest
holding that harm to reputation alone does not implicate a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause
holding that publication of a record of an official act, such as an arrest, does not implicate any fundamental right
recognizing that defamatory remark may implicate liberty interest if made in connection with discharge from employment
holding that harm to reputation coupled with some more tangible interest is sufficient to invoke the Due Process Clause
holding that harm to reputation coupled with some more tangible interest is sufficient to invoke the Due Process Clause

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Judges: Blackmun, Brennan, Burger, Rehnquist, Stewart

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