Connecticut Department of Public Safety v. Doe

Connecticut Department of Public Safety v. Doe
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
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
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)

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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.^[1]