Howard Johnson Co. v. Detroit Local Joint Executive Board

to have a property interest in a benefit, a person must have a legitimate claim of entitlement to it | N.L.R.B. decision "res judicata" on issue of liability in subsequent suit for damages | property interests created and defined by rules and statutes | “To have a property interest in a benefit, a person clearly must have more than an abstract need or desire for it. He must have more than a unilateral expectation of it. He must, instead, have a legitimate claim of entitlement to it.” | applying the same test in the public employee context