39 F. Supp. 2d 1025 - Isaac v. Conrad’s Empirical Analysis
1999
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Morgan v. Church's Fried Chicken · Mayer v. Mylod · Musson Theatrical, Inc. v. Federal Express Corp.
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“A charge that merely makes a plaintiff less attractive to other employers but leaves open a definite range of opportunity does not constitute a liberty deprivation. Rather to implicate the Due Process Clause, the employer must have made a statement in the course of the employee’s discharge that might seriously damage his standing and associations in the community or that might impose on him a stigma or other disability that would foreclose his freedom to take advantage of other employment opportunities. A moral stigma such as immorality or dishonesty is required to show a deprivation of liberty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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