property interests
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From 408 U.S. 564 - Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 1972Most cited · 28,461 citing opinions
Property interests, of course, are not created by the Constitution. Rather they are created and their dimensions are defined by existing rules or understandings that stem from an independent source such as state law—rules or understandings that secure certain benefits and that support claims of entitlement to those benefits.