DeShaney v. Winnebago County Dept. of Soc. Servs., No. 87-154 (U.S. Supreme Court) (489 U.S. 189; 109 S.Ct. 998) (February 22, 1989) (Justice Rehnquist)
This case involved a claim for damages against employees of a State social service department for failing to protect the plaintiff from his father's violence, which resulted in a number of beatings. The theory of the case was what has come to be known as the "state created danger" theory. ...
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