Kentucky Dep't of Corrections v. Thompson, No. 87-1815 (U.S. Supreme Court) (490 U.S. 454; 109 S.Ct. 1904) (May 15, 1989) (Justice Blackmun)
Case held that to articulate a claim under § 1983 alleging a violation of a liberty interest without procedural due process, an inmate must first establish that he enjoyed a protected liberty interest - which it found did not exist in this case.
In earlier proceedings in this case, prisoners ...
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