Stauch v. City of Columbia Heights

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• city ordinance contained no indication that upon satisfaction of the specified requirements the city could still use its discretion to deny a license
• “the question of whether the procedural safeguards provided ... are adequate to satisfy due process is a question of law for the court to determine”
• “[Wjhether the [defendant] indeed provided the [plaintiff] with such procedure is a question of fact for the jury.”
• property interest in license renewal existed where applicant needed only to meet three objective criteria and city code gave no indication that city could still use discretion to deny renewal
• “Although, the question of whether the procedural safeguards provided ... are adequate to satisfy due process is a question of law for the court to determine, whether the [defendant] indeed provided the [plaintiff] with such procedure is a question of fact for the jury.”

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