Legal Opinion
Larry T. Wilson, Cross-Appellant v. Thomas L. Beebe, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1985No. 82-1362, 82-1385PublishedCited by 248 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Chief Judge.
The principal question before the court is whether the rule of Parratt v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527, 101 S.Ct. 1908, 68 L.Ed.2d 420 (1981), applies to actions brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) for damages resulting from the negligent deprivation of a liberty interest. The Supreme Court held in Parratt that there is no cause of action under § 1983 for the random, unauthorized acts of a state official which deprive a person of property if the state provides an adequate post-deprivation remedy. Since Vicory v. Walton, 721 F.2d 1062 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, — U.S.-,…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by248 opinions
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- Junior Ray Duckworth, Cross-Appellants v. Gayle Franzen, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Norman Braley v. City of Pontiac, Stanley Helgemo, Sergeant Arthur Rouse and Roland Garcia, OfficersCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Mujahid Farid v. Harold J. Smith, Superintendent of the Attica Correctional Facility, Individually and in His Official CapacityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
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