Jackson, Individually, and as Administrator of the Estate of Jackson, Et Al. v. City of Joliet Et Al.

holding that the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment seeks “to protect Americans from oppression by state government, not to secure them basic governmental services” | Discriminating against a class of persons in a “vicious and irrational fashion” gives rise to an equal protection claim. | no constitutional duty on the part of state officers to rescue the plaintiff in a non-negligent manner | police conduct was held not the cause of the plaintiffs' injuries when officer did not know that there were occupants in a burning car and did not render aid | no constitutional duty on the part of state officers to rescue the plaintiff in a non-negligent manner | dictum that intentional deprivation of life by a state official would deprive plaintiffs’ decedents of their lives without due process of law | "the concept of liberty in the Fourth Amendment does not include a right to basic services, whether competently provided or otherwise.” | police conduct was held not the cause of the plaintiffs' injuries when officer did not know that there were occupants in a burning car and did not render aid | police conduct was held not the cause of the plaintiffs' injuries when officer did not know that there were occupants in a burning car and did not render aid | “Purposeful or invidious discrimination” against a class violates the Equal Protection Clause. | There was no constitutional liability for a police officer’s failure to rescue the occupants of a burning car; the officer did not create the hazard and did not know that the car was occupied | state has no constitutional duty to provide protection from parolee