Collins v. Nuzzo

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that a contentious relationship with a board did not rise to the level of a substantive due process violation where the plaintiff alleged that the board’s decisions were driven by animus
• affirming dismissal of substantive due process claim predicated on allegations of unconstitutional retaliation in denial-of-licensure case
• affirming dismissal of substantive due process claim predicated on allegations of unconstitutional retaliation in denial-of-licensure case
• “unforgiving” standard applied to substantive due process claims guards against insinuating oversight and discretion of federal judges into areas traditionally reserved for state and local tribunals
• “intent to retaliate” for First Amendment activities must be a “substantial factor” motivating the challenged action
• a licensing board member's personal animus toward the plaintiff did not satisfy the shock-the-conscience test

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).