Connecticut Department of Public Safety v. Doe
Connecticut Department of Public Safety v. Doe, 538 U.S. 1 (2003), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the constitutionality of the Connecticut sex offender registration requirement which required public disclosure of information on sex offenders after they had been released from incarceration.
| Connecticut Department of Public Safety v. Doe | |
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Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued November 13, 2002 Decided March 5, 2003 | |
| Full case name | Connecticut Department of Public Safety, et al., Petitioners v. John Doe, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated |
| Citations | 538 U.S. 1 (more) 123 S. Ct. 1160; 155 L. Ed. 2d 98 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Doe v. Dep't of Pub. Safety ex rel. Lee, 271 F.3d 38 (2d Cir. 2001) |
| Holding | |
| The Second Circuit's judgment must be reversed because due process does not require the opportunity to prove a fact that is not material to the State's statutory scheme. Mere injury to reputation, even if defamatory, does not constitute the deprivation of a liberty interest. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Rehnquist, joined by O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| Concurrence | Scalia |
| Concurrence | Souter, joined by Ginsburg |
| Concurrence | Stevens (in judgment) |
| This article is part of a series on the |
| Sex offender registries in the United States |
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