Shoemaker v. City of Bremerton

How courts have described this case

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• holding that administrative 21 body had power to conduct inquiry and make findings pursuant to “plain terms” of statute
• stating that the Commission has competence to make factual determinations only
• “There was a final adjudication on 3 the record in the form of findings of fact and conclusions of law.”
• the fourth element of collateral estoppel requires that its application not work an injustice
• rules of evidence generally do not apply during administrative hearings
• “would lead litigants to forgo their administrative remedies”

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