Groten v. California

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that lack of discretion under statute created a 7 property interest in a real estate appraiser license
• “We must determine whether Groten, as a first-time applicant for a temporary appraiser’s license, had a property interest protected by the 26 Due Process Clause.”
• “Because Groten 19 alleged acts to which qualified immunity may not apply, we must reverse the dismissal of his 20 complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) on qualified immunity grounds.”
• real estate appraiser had protected property interest in reciprocal license despite state’s ability to terminate underlying reciprocal agreement because state statute “significantly restrict[ed] the discretion” of the awarding agency
• “[T]he State is not a 14 ‘person’ for purposes of § 1983.”
• “[T]he State is not a ‘person’ for purposes 4 of § 1983.”

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