Labels:book | reckoner | sky | tree | windowpane OCR: arguably, state law conferred widc discretion to receivers repudiate 'burdensome' contracts does not, retrospec- tively annul the state entitlement. Pet. App. 26a. cordingly. the court held that FSL _I0 was not absolved of its constitutional duty to provide respondent with hear- ing to the question whether he should have been termi naled. Pet. App 28a SUMMARY QF ARGUMENT I. In 1971, this Court held in Bivens A Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388. that the Constitution vested federal courts with authority to recognize an implied cause of action for damages against federal officials who delib erately engaged ir unconstitutional conduct. For the first 20 years after Bivens was decided, no appellate court held that the remedy recognized in Bivens coul] be ex provide cause of action directly ...
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