In the case of Bi-Metallic Investment Company v. State Board of Equalization of Colorado, 1915, the U.S Supreme Court ruled that a citizen's due process rights are not violated when a state law or policy applies generally and does not interfere with specific personal or property rights. The case arose after the city council in Denver ordered an across-the-board increase in property tax assessments by 40 percent without giving individual taxpayers notice or opportunity to be heard. The plaintiff argued this was a violation of their Fourteenth Amendment right to due process under the Constitution. However, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., writing for the majority, held that such general changes were different from individualized decisions affecting one person’s rights; thus they did not require procedural safeguards like notice and hearing before implementation.

In the dissenting opinion for BI-METALLIC INVESTMENT COMPANY v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF COLORADO, Justice Holmes argued that due process rights were violated when property owners weren't given an opportunity to be heard before their properties were revalued for tax purposes. He disagreed with the majority's view that a general increase in valuation did not require individual notice and hearing because it affected all taxpayers equally. Instead, he believed that such a significant action should have been subject to procedural safeguards regardless of its broad impact. In his view, the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause required state authorities to provide individuals with adequate notice and an opportunity to challenge administrative decisions affecting their property rights.