Held. "All the process that is due is provided by a pretermination opportunity to respond, coupled with post-termination administrative procedures as provided by the Ohio statute Respondent's federal constitutional claim depended on having had a property interest in continued employment, which the ohio statute dearly created some opportunar for employee to present his side is of obvious value in reaching an accurate dedaon. Respondent had a plausible argument that may have presented his discharge The government interest in immediate termination did not outweigh the other interests. However, since the statute afforded a full administrative hearing and judicial after termination, all that was required before was the essential elements of due process. notice and an opportunity to respond. Nine months was not an unconstitutional delayfor the post- termination hearing. Dissent. Justice Rehnquist did not believe the conclusionthat ohio's effort to confer a limited form of tenure upon its employees resulted in the creation of a property right in their employment. Dissenting in part. Justice Brennan felt the record was insufficient to permit an informed judgment on the issue of the overlong delay. Concurrence in part and concurrence in judgment. Justice Marshall would place a greater emphasis on the importance of an employee's right to be heard before wages are cut off