The fourth most important test was developed after the court decision in Lugar v. Edmonson Oil Co. In this case was based on the issue that Lugar had a debt on Edmonson Company due to the lease of a truckstop payments. The creditor then pursued to collect Lugar’s possessions without the protection of his property interest and due process of law guaranteed by his fourteen amendment. The case was reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court where the issue was whether the state action violate Lugar’s property rights. The court developed a two pronged test to determine if private businesses can be protected under the state actions. According to Cann (2006), argued, “The first pronged test is whether the claimed constitutional deprivation resulted from the …show more content…
Public administrators have played a significant role throughout the observance of our constitutional law and legal court rulings. The judicial branch of the government is then in charge of interpreting the law by applying and designing court decision rules or doctrines to develop standards that review the constitutionality of legal cases. The legality of administrative action is the guided by this important test such as the ones explained above. This chapter was one of the most important chapters since it deals with the protection of the individual’s property and liberty interest and due process clause. This test have served as legal standards used by the justices to better develop the limitation or violation of due process. The first court decision rules was related to the termination for cause in public employment in which the substantial evidence test allowed for the observance of due process procedures that a public administrator should use when rescinding an individual from employment. The second test deals with the importance of the fourteen amendment equal protection of law and the three-tiered analysis (simple rationality test, reasonableness test and compelling interest test) that deal with the protection of property and liberty interests that deals with specific classifications of discrimination. The balancing test created in the Mathews v. Elbridge legal case allowed the courts to create a test that dealt with the purpose of due process in all administrative cases to limit the ability of the government to commit an error that potentially could restrict the property or liberty interest of individuals. The final is the two-pronged test that (Lugar v. Edmonson Oil Co.) to challenge the administrative decisions in regards to the due process of the law that