Block v. Consino

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that no court had determined whether a stigma-plus claim could be grounded on a statement communicated only within a police department
• explaining that, while commercial speech enjoys constitutional protection, the safeguards thereof are lesser, in part, because it is less likely to involve a matter of public concern
• characterizing plaintiff’s argument as seeking to prove “stigma plus” for potential injury to reputation combined with status as contractor for state
• characterizing plaintiff's argument as seeking to prove \stigma plus\ for potential injury to reputation combined with status as contractor for state
• finding that complaints to the government regarding “private commercial grievances” did not “relate to any matter of political, social, or other concern to the community and hence could not provide a basis for recovery”
• towing company had no protective property interest in continuation of highway towing assignment because there was no limit on state’s right to terminate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).