W. Channing Nicholas, M.D. v. Pennsylvania State University

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• holding that due process-protected property interest is threshold element plaintiff must establish for non-legislative substantive due process claim
• holding that due process-protected property interest is threshold element plaintiff must establish for non-legislative substantive due process claim
• holding that due process-protected property interest is threshold element plaintiff must establish for non-legislative substantive due process claim
• holding that plaintiff’s tenured public employment was not a fundamental property interest entitled to substantive due process protection
• concluding that the First Amendment, and not the substantive component of the Due Process Clause, governed plaintiff's claim that his termination was in retaliation for conduct protected by the First Amendment
• holding that public employment is neither a property interest “deeply rooted in the Nation’s history and traditions,” nor is it “implicit in the concept of ordered liberty”

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