DANIELS v. WILLIAMS

No. 84-5872.

474 U.S. 327 (1986)

DANIELS v. WILLIAMS

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 21, 1986


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Allan Saltzburg argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

James Walter Hopper argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.


JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

In Parratt v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527 (1981), a state prisoner sued under 42 U. S. C. § 1983, claiming that prison officials had negligently deprived him of his property without due process of law. After deciding that § 1983 contains no independent state-of-mind requirement, we concluded that although petitioner had been "deprived" of property within the meaning...

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