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Due Process—Administrative Law—Public Assistance: Applicant's Right To A Fair Hearing—Davis V. Toledo Metropolitan Housing Authority, 311 F. Supp. 795 (N.D. Ohio 1970), Anon
Washington Law Review
Plaintiff applied for admission to a low income housing program administered by the Toledo Metropolitan Housing Authority. The Authority's regulation concerning admission to the program provided several standards for determining an applicant's character eligibility. The regulations required that applicants of unqualified character be declared ineligible on the general grounds of "non-desirability." Plaintiff was denied a place on the waiting list for housing program vacancies on those grounds. Her request for the specific facts supporting the Housing Authority's decision was denied, and her appeal for a "fair hearing" to contest the decision was refused. Plaintiff brought suit to enjoin the Housing …
Administrative Law—Combination Of Functions: May An Administrative Tribunal Be Both Prosecutor And Judge?—State Ex Rel. Beam V. Fulwiler, 76 Wn.2d 313, 456 P.2d 322 (1969), Anon
Washington Law Review
Respondent Beam was Chief Examiner and Secretary to the Spokane Civil Service Commission. About two years before the instant action, the Commission requested Beam to retire. When he refused, the Commission was instrumental in reducing his pay and in demoting him by creating a position superior to his for another person. Beam successfully brought action to have his duties restored and to set aside the new position created by the Commission. Subsequently, the Commission members investigated Beam's conduct, formed conclusions, promulgated charges, transmitted accusations personally signed by four of the five board members to the City Manager and recommended his …