Supreme Court of California

Cal. Code Regs., tit. 16, - 317.5, which orders a chiropractor, found by the Board to have committed misconduct, to pay the costs of investigating and prosecuting the case, does not violates the due process rights of chiropractors whom the Board seeks to discipline, by chilling their right to request a hearing to contest charges of misconduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/26/2002
• Published 08/26/2002

Judges

•  KENNARD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Ronald B. Kaplan, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Catherine I. Hanson and Astrid G. Meghrigian, San Francisco, for California Medical Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant., Davis, Cowell & Bowe and Andrew J. Kahn, San Francisco, for Union of American Physicians and Dentists as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant., Russell Iungerich, Rolling Hills, for California Academy of Attorneys for Health Care Professionals as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant., Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Ellen M. Berkowitz and Jack S. Yeh, Los Angeles, for California Chiropractic Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Antonio J. Merino and Zaven V. Sinanian, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Carlos Ramirez, Assistant Attorney General, and Joseph P. Furman, Deputy Attorney General, for the Medical Board of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.