Supreme Court of California
Dep't of Alcoholic Beverage Control v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Bd., S133331
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control's procedure for adjudicating whether licensees violated the terms of their licenses -- wherein a prosecutor prepares a summary of the evidentiary hearing and recommended resolution, which he then provides ex parte to the ultimate decision maker or decision maker's advisor -- violates the California's Administrative Procedure Act's bar against ex parte communications.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/13/2006
- Published 11/13/2006
Judges
- WERDEGAR, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of California
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- John R. Pierce, San Diego, Nicholas R. Loehr, Matthew G. Ainley, Cerritos, Thomas M. Allen, Sacramento, and Kerry K. Winters, for Petitioner., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Tom Greene and James Humes, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Jacob A. Appelsmith and J. Matthew Rodriguez, Assistant Attorneys General, Silvia M. Diaz, Graeme E. Sharpe, Richard M. Frank and Joseph Barbieri, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner., Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson, Ralph Barat Saltsman, Stephen Warren Solomon, Playa Del Rey, Ryan M. Kroll and Claire C. Weglarz, Los Angeles, for Real Parties in Interest.
- For Appellees:
- No appearance for Respondent.