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Ninth Circuit· 9/5/1980

Jacobson v. Hannifin

Citations

  • 627 F.2d 177

How courts have described this case

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  • “A property interest may be created if ‘procedural’ requirements are intended to operate as a significant substantive restriction on the basis for an agency’s actions.”
  • no protected interest where only limit on discretion of gaming commission's licensing decisions was that decision had to be reasonable
  • “[The plaintiff’s] interest in a gaming license is not so fundamental as to warrant constitutional protection apart from its status under state law.”
  • property interest is created where discretion to deny the permit or license is limited
  • right to a gaming license under Nevada law
  • gaming license under Nevada law

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Judges: Hug, Muecke, Skopil

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