Blankenship v. Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P.
Case Details
- Nature of Suit — the legal category of the dispute
- Civil Rights: Jobs
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Unknown
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- appeal
- State
- Oklahoma
- Circuit
- Ninth Circuit
Related Laws
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Claim Types
Outcome
In this procedural due process case, the majority affirmed summary judgment against the plaintiff employee on most claims, but Justice Summers' dissent argues the liberty interest claim should have gone to a jury on whether the plaintiff was falsely stigmatized by public statements made by the government employer's chairman in connection with his discharge.
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