HAAS v. COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO

No. S076868.

119 Cal.Rptr.2d 341 (2002)

27 Cal.4th 1017

45 P.3d 280

Theodore L. HAAS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

May 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan K. Marks, County Counsel, and Alan L. Green, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants.

Liebert, Cassidy & Frierson, Larry Frierson, Calistoga, and Jacqueline Kramer Loveless, Santa Rosa, for California School Boards Association's Education Legal Alliance as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Richards, Watson & Gershon, Michael G. Colantuono, Los Angeles, Roy A. Clarke, Gabriel K. Coy, Century City; Cohen & Goldfried and Robert M. Goldfried, Beverly Hills, and the California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Roger Jon Diamond, Santa Monica, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


WERDEGAR, J.

In this case, we consider a due process challenge to the manner in which some counties select temporary administrative hearing officers. The Government Code authorizes counties to appoint hearing officers to preside when a state law or local ordinance provides that a hearing be held or that findings of fact or conclusions of law be made by any county board, agency, commission or committee. (Gov.Code, § 27721.)1 Exercising...

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