Supreme Court· 6/10/1976

Bishop v. Wood

Citations

426 U.S. 341
96 S. Ct. 2074
48 L. Ed. 2d 684
1976 U.S. LEXIS 59

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holding that the discharge of a public employee, whose position is terminable at will, does not deprive the employee of a liberty interest if there is no public disclosure of the reasons for the discharge
holding employee may be discharged without the requirement of fair procedures where position is one the applicable law defines as terminable for any reason
\[T]he sufficiency of the claim of entitlement [to a property interest in employment] must be decided by reference to state law.\
“To impinge on a liberty interest, the stigmatizing information must be made public by the offending governmental entity.”
sufficiency of the claim of entitlement must be decided by reference to state law
no entitlement where state employee, as a matter of state law, holds position “at the will and pleasure of the city”

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Judges: Blackmun, Stevens, Urger, Stewart, Powell, Rehnqtjist, Bren-Nan, Marshall, White, Blackmün, Blacic-Muh, Brennan

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