Kaelin v. City of Louisville

STEPHENS, Chief Justice..

The sole issue we decide on this appeal is whether the. right of cross-examination is required by due process of law in a trial-type adjudicátory hearing before an administrative body. The Court of Appeals answered in the negative. We disagree, and reverse.

Respondent property owner, Bellarmine College, and respondent land developer, Highland Community Ministries, Inc. jointly applied to the Louisville and Jefferson County Planning Commission for a zone change. Following a public hearing, the Commission recommended that the existing zoning classification of the…