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Hadley v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided June 3, 1946No. 46831PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiff sues for damages of $250,000 for false imprisonment. This is his second suit on the same cause of action. His first one was dismissed on demurrer for failure to allege a cause of action. This one must be dismissed for the same reason.

Plaintiff says that the Constitution provides that no person shall be deprived of liberty without just compensation. His memory is inaccurate. The extent of the protection afforded by the Constitution is that a person shall not be deprived of his liberty “without due process of law,” Amend. 5, but the Constitution does not make the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Prisament v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1941
  2. Viles v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1942

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Vincin v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1972
  2. Humphrey v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2002
  3. United States v. KeeganDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1947
  4. Floyd J. Osborn v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
  5. Burgess v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1990

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