McKnight v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

In modern society, the state has come to play an increasingly pervasive role in peoples’ lives, and citizens have become ever more dependent on the government for the fulfillment of basic needs, such as of jobs. This development has focussed heightened attention on the requirement that the government should act, with respect to individuals whose interests are affected by its conduct, in a non-arbitrary, procedurally fair manner, according to the dictates of due process.

In this case, we are called upon to analyze the contours of the right to due process…