Hudson v. Palmer
E932063
Fourth Amendment case
United States Supreme Court case
United States civil rights case
United States constitutional law case
Hudson v. Palmer is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held prisoners have no reasonable expectation of privacy in their cells under the Fourth Amendment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hudson v. Palmer canonical | 2 |
| Palmer v. Hudson, 697 F.2d 1220 (4th Cir. 1983) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11531304 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hudson v. Palmer Context triple: [Warren Burger Court, notableCase, Hudson v. Palmer]
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A.
Hanna v. Plumer
Hanna v. Plumer is a 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the application of the Erie doctrine by holding that valid Federal Rules of Civil Procedure govern over conflicting state procedural laws in federal diversity actions.
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B.
Hurd v. Hodge
Hurd v. Hodge is a 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racially restrictive covenants in property deeds could not be judicially enforced in the District of Columbia because such enforcement would violate the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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C.
Berman v. Parker
Berman v. Parker is a landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly interpreted the government’s power of eminent domain under the Fifth Amendment to allow property takings for comprehensive redevelopment and public-purpose projects.
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D.
Shaw v. Hunt
Shaw v. Hunt is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that further developed the Court’s racial gerrymandering jurisprudence by applying and extending the principles first articulated in Shaw v. Reno.
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E.
Hudson v. McMillian
Hudson v. McMillian is a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court case that held that the use of excessive physical force against a prisoner can violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment even when the inmate does not suffer serious injury.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hudson v. Palmer Target entity description: Hudson v. Palmer is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held prisoners have no reasonable expectation of privacy in their cells under the Fourth Amendment.
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A.
Hanna v. Plumer
Hanna v. Plumer is a 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified the application of the Erie doctrine by holding that valid Federal Rules of Civil Procedure govern over conflicting state procedural laws in federal diversity actions.
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B.
Hurd v. Hodge
Hurd v. Hodge is a 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racially restrictive covenants in property deeds could not be judicially enforced in the District of Columbia because such enforcement would violate the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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C.
Berman v. Parker
Berman v. Parker is a landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly interpreted the government’s power of eminent domain under the Fifth Amendment to allow property takings for comprehensive redevelopment and public-purpose projects.
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D.
Shaw v. Hunt
Shaw v. Hunt is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that further developed the Court’s racial gerrymandering jurisprudence by applying and extending the principles first articulated in Shaw v. Reno.
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E.
Hudson v. McMillian
Hudson v. McMillian is a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court case that held that the use of excessive physical force against a prisoner can violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment even when the inmate does not suffer serious injury.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fourth Amendment case
ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ United States civil rights case ⓘ United States constitutional law case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
ⓘ
criminal procedure ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1983-11-30 ⓘ |
| citation | 468 U.S. 517 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy |
Thurgood Marshall
ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1984-07-03 ⓘ |
| decisionType | majority decision ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Harry A. Blackmun
ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | Hudson v. Palmer ⓘ |
| holding |
An intentional deprivation of property by a state employee does not violate the Due Process Clause if a meaningful postdeprivation remedy for the loss is available.
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Prisoners have no reasonable expectation of privacy in their prison cells under the Fourth Amendment. ⓘ The Fourth Amendment proscription against unreasonable searches does not apply within the confines of a prison cell. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
ⓘ
linked to:
Due Process Clause
Eighth Amendment ⓘ Fourth Amendment ⓘ |
| majorityJoinedBy |
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
ⓘ
Sandra Day O'Connor ⓘ
linked to:
Sandra Day O’Connor
Warren E. Burger ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Byron R. White ⓘ |
| originatingCourt | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 517 ⓘ |
| petitioner | Ted S. Hudson ⓘ |
| priorHistory |
Palmer v. Hudson, 697 F.2d 1220 (4th Cir. 1983)
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linked to:
Hudson v. Palmer
|
| rearguedDate |
1984-03-21
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1984-03-26 ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine |
postdeprivation remedy doctrine
ⓘ
reasonable expectation of privacy ⓘ |
| respondent | Russell T. Palmer ⓘ |
| subsequentCitation | often cited for the principle that prisoners lack a reasonable expectation of privacy in their cells ⓘ |
| topic |
prisoners' rights
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procedural due process ⓘ search and seizure ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 468 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1984 ⓘ |
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Subject: Hudson v. Palmer Description of subject: Hudson v. Palmer is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held prisoners have no reasonable expectation of privacy in their cells under the Fourth Amendment.
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linked to: Hudson v. Palmer