In '''''Paul v. Davis,''''' 424 U.S. 693, 701-02 (1976), then-Justice [[William Rehnquist]] wrote for a divided [[U.S. Supreme Court]] that "[d]amage to [[reputation]] alone is not actionable under ยง 1983 unless accompanied by injury to "some more tangible interests."
This holding has frequently been distinguished and questioned by lower courts.
In another case, a demoted employee was awarded a quarter of million dollars after Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages pressured customers to sign false statements that hurt the employee's reputation.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3898/is_200410/ai_n9452366 (FindLaw)]</ref> ==References=={{Reflist}} [[categoryCategory:US United States Supreme Court Cases]]