Mathews v. Eldridge

Holding that a procedure based on written submissions was adequate because it included safeguards against mistake including that the agency informed the recipient of its tentative assessment and the evidence supporting it and an opportunity was then afforded the recipient to submit additional evidence "enabling him to challenge directly the accuracy of information in his file as well as the correctness of the agency's tentative conclusions"

Board of Regents v. Roth

Holding that where a public employee's appointment terminated on a particular date and there was no provision for renewal after that date, the employee "did not have a property interest sufficient to require . . . a hearing when [the officials] declined to renew his contract of employment."

Withrow v. Larkin

Holding that a claimant "must overcome a presumption of honesty and integrity in those serving as adjudicators . . . ."

Abelleira v. District Court of Appeal

Holding that where an administrative remedy is provided by statute, relief must be sought from the administrative body and exhausted before the courts will act

Clark v. City of Hermosa Beach

Finding City "violated state law by failing to provide a fair hearing . . . [but] did not offend the federal Constitution, on either procedural or substantive due process grounds"

Sierra Club v. State Bd. of Forestry (Pacific Lumber Co.)

Noting that "the [California Board of Forestry] has the ultimate power of approval over a [THP]"

Haas v. County of San Bernardino

In Haas, the county's procedure for appointing administrative hearing officers was found to violate due process because the prosecuting authority selected its adjudicator at will and must therefore "be presumed to favor its own rational self-interest by preferring those who tend to issue favorable rulings."

Unnamed Physician v. Board

Requiring exhaustion of internal remedies "accords recognition to the 'expertise' of the organization's quasi-judicial tribunal"

Nightlife Partners v. City of Beverly Hills

Observing that combination of investigatory and adjudicatory functions is "fraught" with problems, especially where "these dual functions were not held by different sections of a single office, but by a single individual "

Citizens for Open Govt. v. City

Section 7

Guaranteeing due process and equal protection

Section 800 - Attorney's fees in civil action to appeal or review determination in administrative proceeding

Allowing fees as a result of "arbitrary or capricious action" by a public entity"