Opinion ID: 199884
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Appropriateness of injunctive and declaratory relief

Text: 62 Based on the foregoing discussion, it is clear that appellees have failed to assert any protected interest in life, liberty, or property that would trigger the protections of the Due Process Clause. In holding otherwise, the district court erred. Consequently, the district court abused its discretion when it issued the permanent injunction. 63 The district court also entered a declaratory judgment that the procedures employed by the Blue Ribbon Commission in the investigation of public corruption are fundamentally unfair and contravene the requisites of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. As this judgment was based on the finding that appellees succeeded on the merits of their due process claim, the district court also erred in awarding declaratory relief.