Martin v. Memorial Hospital at Gulfport

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• recognizing the right to earn living in the \common occupations of the community\ as a protected, but not fundamental, liberty interest and applying rational basis review to substantive due process challenge
• recognizing the right to earn living in the “common occupations of the community” as a protected, but not fundamental, liberty interest and applying rational basis review to substantive due process challenge
• “[A] property interest falling under due process protections must be established by reference to some outside source—such as state law or contract.”
• “Appellant might be foreclosed from practicing as a nephrologist in Harrison County ... if such foreclosure is the natural consequence of denying Appellant collateral credentials necessary for pursuing his occupation[.]”
• liberty interest includes “freedom to work and earn a living” (internal quotes omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).