OR · 42usc1983:deprivation.procedural-due-process
Two-step inquiry: (1) whether plaintiff was deprived of a protected liberty or property interest (see `.due-process-property` and `.due-process-liberty`), and (2) whether the procedures attendant upon that deprivation were constitutionally sufficient (Mathews v. Eldridge).
Exact element source
to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and lawsSource:
docroot/ir/usc/title42.jsonl#title42_sec1983; Unicode character offsets [306:402] (end exclusive); SHA-256 88fe01322b9d94860a669ec452f558146e2745845070bc43583671ce12acb2bb.All variants
| Variant | Description | Merits instance blocks | Distinct cases | Example cases (up to 3 per group) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| property-interest/benefit-entitlement-not-yet-established | 1 Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0 | 1 | /us/526/0040-01 — Supreme Court of the United States · 1999 — not | |
| Unspecified variant | No variant assigned in the database. | 0 Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1 | 0 | No counted merits examples Excluded context examples: /f-supp/567/1159-01 — United States District Court for the District of Delaware · 1983 — applied/merits |
How courts decided this element
| Case | Element | Holding and scope | Variant | Exact source quotations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /f-supp/567/1159-01 — United States District Court for the District of Delaware · 1983 | Deprivation of Fourteenth Amendment Procedural Due Process (protected liberty/property interest + inadequate process) | not_reached Excluded from merits counts applied / merits | Unspecified variant | No source quotation recorded for this block. |
| /us/526/0040-01 — Supreme Court of the United States · 1999 | Deprivation of Fourteenth Amendment Procedural Due Process (protected liberty/property interest + inadequate process) | not Counted merits instance applied / merits basis: law; party: private workers' compensation insurers and self-insured employers (petitioners); state officials administering the Act and the director of the State Workmen's Insurance Fund (own certiorari petitions denied); theory: property interest in payment of medical bills before reasonableness and necessity are determined; opinion: majority (Rehnquist); subject: party=private workers' compensation insurers and self-insured employers (petitioners); state officials administering the Act and the director of the State Workmen's Insurance Fund (own certiorari petitions denied); theory=property interest in payment of medical bills before reasonableness and necessity are determined; opinion=majority (Rehnquist) State law conditions the entitlement on reasonableness/necessity, so withholding pending review deprives of nothing; property interest in the claim itself (Logan) expressly not addressed. | property-interest/benefit-entitlement-not-yet-established | While they indeed have established their initial eligibility for medical treatment, they have yet to make good on their claim that the particular medical treatment they received was reasonable and necessary.Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/us_526.jsonl#/us/526/0040-01; Unicode character offsets [30615:30822] (end exclusive); SHA-256 2f09bb34600ef67ab16a649c9f0dbc25827219d340838e2c2ae98add5e866c97.The first inquiry in every due process challenge is whether the plaintiff has been deprived of a protected interest in “property” or “liberty.”Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/us_526.jsonl#/us/526/0040-01; Unicode character offsets [27361:27504] (end exclusive); SHA-256 2f09bb34600ef67ab16a649c9f0dbc25827219d340838e2c2ae98add5e866c97.Thus, for an employee’s property interest in the payment of medical benefits to attach under state law, the employee must clear two hurdles: First, he must prove that an employer is liable for a work-related injury, and second, he must establish that the particular medical treatment at issue is reasonable and necessary.Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/us_526.jsonl#/us/526/0040-01; Unicode character offsets [30072:30393] (end exclusive); SHA-256 2f09bb34600ef67ab16a649c9f0dbc25827219d340838e2c2ae98add5e866c97.Consequently, they do not have a property interest — under the logic of their own argument — in having their providers paid for treatment that has yet to be found reasonable and necessary.Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/us_526.jsonl#/us/526/0040-01; Unicode character offsets [30823:31011] (end exclusive); SHA-256 2f09bb34600ef67ab16a649c9f0dbc25827219d340838e2c2ae98add5e866c97. |
Court interpretations
interpretation
The first inquiry in every due process challenge is whether the plaintiff has been deprived of a protected interest in “property” or “liberty.”
/us/526/0040-01 — Supreme Court of the United States · 1999
The first inquiry in every due process challenge is whether the plaintiff has been deprived of a protected interest in “property” or “liberty.”Source:
docroot/ir/caselaw/us_526.jsonl#/us/526/0040-01; Unicode character offsets [27361:27504] (end exclusive); SHA-256 2f09bb34600ef67ab16a649c9f0dbc25827219d340838e2c2ae98add5e866c97.Two-step inquiry: (1) whether plaintiff was deprived of a protected liberty or property interest (see `.due-process-property` and `.due-process-liberty`), and (2) whether the procedures attendant upon that deprivation were constitutionally sufficient (Mathews v. Eldridge).
interpretation
Thus, for an employee’s property interest in the payment of medical benefits to attach under state law, the employee must clear two hurdles: First, he must prove that an employer is liable for a work-related injury, and second, he must establish that the particular medical treatment at issue is reasonable and necessary.
/us/526/0040-01 — Supreme Court of the United States · 1999
Thus, for an employee’s property interest in the payment of medical benefits to attach under state law, the employee must clear two hurdles: First, he must prove that an employer is liable for a work-related injury, and second, he must establish that the particular medical treatment at issue is reasonable and necessary.Source:
docroot/ir/caselaw/us_526.jsonl#/us/526/0040-01; Unicode character offsets [30072:30393] (end exclusive); SHA-256 2f09bb34600ef67ab16a649c9f0dbc25827219d340838e2c2ae98add5e866c97.Two-step inquiry: (1) whether plaintiff was deprived of a protected liberty or property interest (see `.due-process-property` and `.due-process-liberty`), and (2) whether the procedures attendant upon that deprivation were constitutionally sufficient (Mathews v. Eldridge).