United States Ninth Circuit
Engquist v. Oregon Dep't of Agric., 05-35170, 05-35263
The class-of-one theory of equal protection is not applicable to decisions made by public employers. Also, there is substantive due process protection against government employer actions that foreclose access to a particular profession to the same degree as government regulation.
Appellate Information
- Argued 07/27/2006
- Decided 02/08/2007
- Published 02/08/2007
Judges
- TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:, Before: REINHARDT, TASHIMA, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Loren W. Collins, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Julie A. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice, Salem, OR, for defendants-appellants and cross-appellees., Stephen L. Brischetto, Portland, OR, for plaintiff-appellee and cross-appellant.