Bexar County Sheriff's Civil Service Commission v. Davis

I concur in the court’s analysis of the factors set forth in Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319, 96 S.Ct. 893, 47 L.Ed.2d 18 (1976), to determine that due process did not mandate that Davis be provided the names of his accusers prior to termination of his employment. The government’s interests in the prompt removal of unsatisfactory employees and in the protection of complainants against retaliation by the accused are especially strong in the preter-mination stage under the particular circumstances presented here. The analysis of interests, however, shifts significantly once the employee has…