Parratt v. Taylor

Parratt v. Taylor
Argued March 2, 1981
Decided May 18, 1981
Full case nameParratt, et al. v. Taylor
Citations451 U.S. 527 (more)
101 S. Ct. 1908; 68 L. Ed. 2d 420; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 99; 49 U.S.L.W. 4509
Case history
PriorTaylor v. Parratt, 620 F.2d 307 (8th Cir. 1980); cert. granted, 449 U.S. 917 (1980).
Holding
Procedural due process guarantees only a post-deprivation hearing, provision of a right to sue in state court was provision of that hearing.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr.
William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
MajorityRehnquist, joined by Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Blackmun, Stevens
ConcurrenceStewart
ConcurrenceWhite
ConcurrenceBlackmun
ConcurrencePowell
Concur/dissentMarshall
Overruled by
Daniels v. Williams, 474 U.S. 327 (1986)

Parratt v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527 (1981), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court considered the applicability of Due Process to a claim brought under Section 1983.