Still, the city continues to assert that the state deprives Yonkers of its fair share.

The 14th Amendment provides that no state shall "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."

When the state deprives people of their liberty, essential services cannot be contracted or outsourced.

Mr. Brunetti says he doesn't want to do it but may be forced to if the state deprives him of the preferred midwinter dates again.

No state could deprive African-American men of the right to vote-at least in theory.

The court ruled that the state could not deprive him of his right to build on the land without compensation.

Before my change, such a state of mind had always deprived me of sleep; it would be no different now.

"If you say that the state deprived you of a property interest without due process of law, the first question is, 'What property interest?' "

He cited a clause in the Constitution that says a state may not deprive a person of liberty without "due process of law."

It did not escape my observation that this state of affairs deprived my employer of his most likely ally in dealing with the aliens.