The following excerpt is from Madera v. Board of Education of City of New York, 386 F.2d 778 (2nd Cir. 1967):
The Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a state from depriving "any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." Thus it has long been clear that where a government affects the private interest of an individual, it may not proceed arbitrarily, but must observe due process of law. Wynehamer v. People, 13 N.Y. 378 (1856).
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