# Thurston v. Dekle

> Supreme Court of the United States · June 26, 1978 · 438 U.S. 901

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9011573

## Case

- **Full name:** Thurston v. Dekle, Chairman, Civil Service Board, Jacksonville, Florida
- **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States
- **Decided:** June 26, 1978
- **Citations:** 438 U.S. 901; 98 S. Ct. 3118; 57 L. Ed. 2d 1144; 1978 U.S. LEXIS 2350
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 95 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating post-deprivation procedures must be precipitated by “risk reducing” pretermination procedures

## Opinion text

C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and certiorari granted. Judgment vacated and case remanded for further consideration in light of Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York, 436 U. S. 658 (1978).

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