DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services

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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 7