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DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/DeShaney_v._Winnebago_County_Department_of_Social_Services
GPTKB entity
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Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate
November 2, 1988
gptkbp:citation
gptkb:489_U.S._189
gptkbp:date
February 22, 1989
gptkbp:decidedBy
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant
gptkb:Winnebago_County_Department_of_Social_Services
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:docketNumber
87-154
gptkbp:fullName
gptkb:DeShaney,_a_Minor,_by_his_Guardian_Ad_Litem,_et_al._v._Winnebago_County_Department_of_Social_Services,_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy
The Due Process Clause does not require the state to protect the life, liberty, and property of its citizens against invasion by private actors.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services
gptkbp:impact
limited government liability for private harm
gptkbp:joinedBy
gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkbp:legalIssue
gptkb:Due_Process_Clause_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Wisconsin
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist
gptkbp:plaintiff
gptkb:Joshua_DeShaney
gptkbp:predecessor
state action doctrine
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:subject
gptkb:constitutional_law
child abuse
state liability
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:DeShaney_v._Winnebago_County
gptkb:491_U.S._554
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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