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What did the court decide in Mathews v. Eldridge?

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identification of the specific dictates of due process generally requires consideration of three distinct factors: First, the private interest that will be affected by the official action; second, the risk of an erroneous deprivation of such interest through the procedures used, and the probable value, if any, of additional or substitute procedural safeguards

Source of the three-factor balancing test courts use to decide what process is due before a government deprivation. The sentence above is the court in its own words.

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