Opinion ID: 1209204
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Heading Rank: 7

Heading: federal procedural due process

Text: There also is no merit to Hawtel's federal procedural due process argument. Procedural due process protects only against a deprivation of liberty or property interests. Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 569, 92 S.Ct. 2701, 2704, 33 L.Ed.2d 548, 569 (1972). Due process therefore is relevant only if liberty or property is deprived. Bill's Crane Service, Inc. v. Quisenberry, 545 F. Supp. 359, 361 (D.Haw. 1982). Hawtel represents that a property deprivation has occurred through increased unemployment tax assessments to replenish the State employment fund for benefits paid to the Hawtel strikers. The record, however, contains no evidence documenting this representation. When questioned at oral argument, Hawtel's counsel was unable to direct us to any such record evidence. If Hawtel in fact paid increased taxes, it should have ensured that the record clearly reflected the payment. We emphasize again [18] that an appellate court is not required to sift through a voluminous record for documentation of a party's contentions.