California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from State Bd. of Chiro. Exam. v. Superior Court, 148 Cal.App.4th 142, 55 Cal.Rptr.3d 374 (Cal. App. 2007):
The fact this was not a hearing with live testimony, but instead what the Attorney General calls a "documentary" hearing does not undermine its validity. It is not the case that only a trial-like hearing is entitled to dignity. (Saleeby v. State Bar (1985) 39 Cal.3d 547, 565, 216 Cal.Rptr. 367, 702 P.2d 525.) Further, Arbuckle could have included in a mandate petition the claim that the documentary-only hearing violated due process or that some irregularity
[55 Cal.Rptr.3d 383]
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