Larry Wheaton v. Freddye Webb-Petett, Administrator, Adult and Family Services Division of the State of Oregon

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• holding that state employee had a constitutionally protected property interest in not being demoted where statute protects against dismissal except for cause
• holding that “charges of 2 incompetence or inability to get along with others do not” implicate a liberty interest
• plaintiffs remarks were unsupportive of his superiors and a new program he was charged with implementing
• “Typically, permanent and classified employees have been held to have property interests, while probationary and nonclassified employees have not.” (citation omitted)
• Oregon law creates property interest by stating that employee would be removed only if he was “unable or unwilling to fully and faithfully perform the duties of the position satisfactorily”
• some type of hearing required before employee is deprived of constitutionally-protected property interest

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