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· 11/13/1984

Department of Health v. Donahue

Citations

  • 690 P.2d 243
  • 1984 Colo. LEXIS 655

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that when agency creates procedures for review, due process of law requires the agency to adhere to those procedures even if they exceed what is constitutionally required
  • acknowledging that a waiver may be express or implied but perceiving no waiver because Donahue's failure to raise an issue was not \the type of unequivocal act indicative of a waiver\ and did not \ clearly manifest[ ] any intent by Donahue to relinquish her claim\
  • acknowledging that a waiver may be express or implied but perceiving no waiver because defendant’s 17 failure to raise an issue was not “the type of unequivocal act indicative of a waiver” and did not “clearly manifest[] any intent by [respondent] to relinquish her claim”
  • the economic remedy awarded by the Board should equal, to the extent practicable, the wrong actually sustained
  • teacher received back pay with mitigation after she was denied her statutory right to a predisciplinary meeting
  • when the state imposes more stringent standards on government agencies than are constitutionally required, due process requires agencies to adhere to those standards

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Judges: Quinn

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