Lee v. Valverde’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The rules governing the evidence available for use in [Department] administrative per se hearings 'are set forth in ... the Vehicle Code, commencing with section 14100. (§ 14100, subd. (a).) Two provisions are especially relevant. First, ... section 14104.7 states in pertinent part: "At any hearing, the department shall consider its official records and may receive sworn testimony." ... Second, for all matters not specifically covered by ... the Vehicle Code ... section 14112 incorporates the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act governing administrative hearings generally. ( Gov. Code, § 11500 et seq. ≠...)' [Citation.] " Government Code section 11513 addresses the admissibility of evidence generally in administrative hearings. [Citation.] It provides in relevant part: '(c) The hearing need not be conducted according to technical rules relating to evidence and witnesses, except as hereinafter provided. Any relevant evidence shall be admitted if it is the sort of evidence on which responsible persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious affairs, regardless of the existence of any common law or statutory rule which might make improper the admission of the evidence over objection in civil actions. [¶] (d) Hearsay evidence may be used for the purpose of supplementing or explaining other evidence but ... shall not be sufficient in itself to support a finding unless it would be admissible over objection in civil actions.' ( Gov. Code, § 11513, subds. (c), (d”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 221 Cal. Rptr. 3d 261 - Murphey v. Shiomoto