Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. v. Kansas Department of Transportation

INTRODUCTION

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. appeals the district court’s dismissal of its due-process claims against the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT). After KDOT removed two Martin Marietta quarries from its preapproved lists of limestone-aggregate suppliers, Martin Marietta unsuccessfully sought pre- and post-deprivation hearings from KDOT. Among its many claims in its federal lawsuit— most abandoned on appeal — it asserted a property-right claim under the Fourteenth Amendment. Specifically, it claimed a *1166property interest in keeping its two quarries on…