---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 536.42"
title: "32"
number: "536.42"
heading: "Constitutional torts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/536.42"
---

# §536.42. Constitutional torts.


A claim for violation of the U.S. Constitution does not constitute a state tort and is not cognizable under any [subpart. A](/cfr/32/subpartA.md) constitutional claim will be scrutinized in order to determine whether it is totally or partially payable as a state tort. For example, a Fifth Amendment taking may be payable in an altered form as a real estate claim. For further discussion see DA Pam 27-162, paragraph 2-36.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2733; 10 U.S.C. 1089; 10 U.S.C. 1054; 28 U.S.C. 1291, 2401-2402, 2411-2412, 2671-2680; 10 U.S.C. 2737; 32 U.S.C. 715; 10 U.S.C. 2734a, 2734b; 10 U.S.C. 2734; 10 U.S.C. 4801, 4802, 4806; 46 U.S.C. app. 740; 39 U.S.C. 411; 10 U.S.C. 939; 10 U.S.C. 2736; 10 U.S.C. 2735; 10 U.S.C. 2731.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 69360, Nov. 30, 2006, unless otherwise noted.