| Haywood v. Drown | ||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued December 3, 2008 Decided May 26, 2009 |
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| Full case name | Keith Haywood, Petitioner v. Curtis Drown, et al. | |||||
| Prior history | dismissal affirmed 9 N.Y.3d 481, 881 N.E.2d 180 (2008), reversed and remanded U.S. | |||||
| Holding | ||||||
| A state law barring state courts from hearing damages actions against corrections officers violates the Supremacy Clause by not permitting adjudication of claims under 42 USC 1983. | ||||||
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| Case opinions | ||||||
| Majority | Stevens, joined by Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer | |||||
| Dissent | Thomas, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Alito, joined as to Part III | |||||
| Laws applied | ||||||
| U.S. Const. art. VI (Supremacy Clause) | ||||||
Haywood v. Drown (Docket No. 07-10374), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court held that that a New York law preventing state trial courts from hearing claims for money damages against prison employees whether based on federal or state law violated the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution.
The case was argued by Jason E. Murtagh, an attorney with Dechert, for the Petitioner, and by Barbara_D._Underwood for Respondent.